{"product_id":"plural-pasts-book-claire-norton-9781472485342","title":"Plural Pasts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough a study of a variety of Ottoman and modern Turkish accounts of the Ottoman-Habsburg sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle (1600-01) including official documents, correspondence, histories, and more literary genres such as \u003ci\u003egazavatnames \u003c\/i\u003e[campaign narratives], \u003ci\u003ePlural Pasts\u003c\/i\u003e explores Ottoman literacy practices. By considering the diverse roles that the various accounts served – construction of identities, forging of diplomatic alliances and legitimization of political ideologies and geo-political imaginations – it explores the cultural and socio-political significance the various accounts had for different audiences. In addition, it interweaves theoretical reflection with textual analysis. Using the sieges of Nagykanizsa as a case study, it offers a sophisticated contribution to ongoing historiographical arguments: namely, how historians construct hierarchies of primary sources and judge some to be more truthful, or more valuable, than others; how texts are assigned to particular genres based on perceived epistemological status – as story or history, fact or fiction; and the circular role that historians and their histories play in constructing, reflecting and reinforcing cultural and political imaginaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52616685977873,"sku":"NLS9781472485342","price":293.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781472485342.jpg?v=1761528048","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/plural-pasts-book-claire-norton-9781472485342","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}