Women in the Shadow of Art

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

Women in the Shadow of Art focuses on women who were active between 1850 and 1950, produced many good works, but were still left out of masculine history in literature and art. From Halide Edip to Emine Semiye, from Afife Jale to Macide Tanır, from Ayşe Zekiye to Mebrure Alevok, from İhsan Raif to Mihri Müşfik, from Sabiha Bozcalı to Sabiha Bengütaş, from Güzin Duran to Muazzez Many women, including Aruoba, come together in this book, are remembered and discussed with great energy.

When examining women's history, the aim is not to place them where they "should" be in existing masculine history or to fill the gaps in written history, but to take a closer look at women's production, creativity, and the strategies they developed to overcome difficulties, and to reproduce women's past experiences within today's practices and make them visible. ..

Women's experiences are a unique source of inspiration for empowerment in every situation. It's time to bring these experiences into the present by thinking, imagining and understanding them...

Compiled by: Ö. Belkıs & D. Kankaytsın

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 21.5

First Print Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish