Harem: The World Behind the Veil by Alev Lytle Croutier

Harem: The World Behind the Veil

Alev Lytle Croutier

224 pages first pub 1989 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Harem: The World Behind the Veil is ideal for readers who enjoy thoughtfully researched explorations of cultural institutions through personal, historical, and feminist lenses.

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A fascinating illustrated history of one of the strangest, and cruelest, cultural institutions ever devised. A worldwide best seller, translated into twenty-five languages. "I was born in a konak (old house), which once was the harem of a pasha," ...

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