Elyse Semerdjian
discusses the issue of Muslim and Christian women in a certain time and place of eighteenth century Aleppo.
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Naked Anxieties in the Baths of Ottoman Aleppo
Elyse Semerdjian discusses the issue of Muslim and Christian women bathing together in 18th century Aleppo. The podcast explores anxieties and regulations surrounding nudity and covering, expression of identity and erosion of social boundaries, socioeconomic changes in Aleppo, and the role of bathhouses in reflecting incipient modernity.
