Men Should Know How To Maintain and Women Should Know How to Settle

"Men Should Know How To Maintain and the Women Should Know How to Settle": The Role and Position of Women by Women Artists in Turkey from the Tanzimat Period until Contemporary Turkey: with Two Case Studies of Major Exhibitions in 1993 and 2011" questions how have women artists represented the role and position of women in Turkey, with as main two case studies two mentioned exhibitions: "Dream and Reality" (2011, Istanbul Modern Museum) and "Women Artists in the Republican Period"(1993, Istanbul Archeological Museum) . The book consist of two parts and three chapters. The first part will start with an overview of women artist in Turkey between the 1830's and the 1990's. The 1830's are The Tanzimat Period (1839-1871) of the Ottoman Empire, which is the starting point of modernization in social and political life.The second part focuses on the three major issues these women artists are focusing on: women as the symbol of modernity in Turkey; gender and body; and also identity derived from and tested against artworks from the "Dream and Reality" exhibition under discussion.

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Selin Zeynep Esen wurde 1992 in Istanbul geboren. Sie schloss ihr Studium der Kulturwissenschaften an der Sabanc -Universität im Jahr 2014 ab. Sie setzte ihr Studium an der Universität Leiden, Niederlande, fort. Im Jahr 2016 schloss sie ihr Masterstudium in Kunst und Kultur mit dem Schwerpunkt Museen und Sammlungen ab. Esen arbeitet derzeit in der Galeri Nev stanbul.

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"Men Should Know How To Maintain and the Women Should Know How to Settle": The Role and Position of Women by Women Artists in Turkey from the Tanzimat Period until Contemporary Turkey: with Two Case Studies of Major Exhibitions in 1993 and 2011" questions how have women artists represented the role and position of women in Turkey, with as main two case studies two mentioned exhibitions: "Dream and Reality" (2011, Istanbul Modern Museum) and "Women Artists in the Republican Period"(1993, Istanbul Archeological Museum) . The book consist of two parts and three chapters. The first part will start with an overview of women artist in Turkey between the 1830's and the 1990's. The 1830's are The Tanzimat Period (1839-1871) of the Ottoman Empire, which is the starting point of modernization in social and political life.The second part focuses on the three major issues these women artists are focusing on: women as the symbol of modernity in Turkey; gender and body; and also identity derived from and tested against artworks from the "Dream and Reality" exhibition under discussion.