Ottoman tulips, Ottoman coffee

Ottoman tulips, Ottoman coffee

leisure and lifestyle in the eighteenth century

by Dana Sajdi

262 pages· 2007
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Tulips and coffee are defining cultural products of the Ottoman eighteenth century, along with their related institutions of palace and coffeehouse. These cultural products hold multiple meanings in the history and historiography of the period. For example, scholars argue that the janissary coffee house was used variously as headquarters for rebellion, a Sufi lodge, police station and racketeering office. ‘Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee’ offers a critical exploration of the different significations and functions of a range of definitive cultural phenomena of the Ottoman 18th century, including the coffee house, print culture, imperial architecture, royal pageantry and festivals. In exploring these examples of both elite and popular leisure and lifestyle, a vivid portrait emerges of the Ottoman 'Tulip Age'.

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