The book series Ottomania researches the cultural transfers between the Ottoman Empire and
Europe with a focus on the performing artsThe confrontation between European countries and the
expanding Ottoman Empire in the early modern era has played a major role in numerous fields of
history. The aim of this book is to investigate the European-Ottoman interrelations from three
angles. One deals with the circumstances: how did the Europeans meet the Turks in pragmatic and
diplomatic connections? Another concerns imagery: how were the Turks depicted in literature and
art? The third examines performativity: how were the Turks inserted into plays operas and
ceremonies?This book confronts mental visual and embodied images with historical positions and
conditions. The focus therefore is on the dynamic interactive processes of experience
embodiment and imagination in context. Bringing together Turkish and European scholars it
applies a number of research strategies used by historians to the history of art literature
music and theatre.
