Common terminologies or individual judgement? Registering skin colours in the Ottoman census

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1 décembre 2023

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LOOP – Late Ottoman Palestinians

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Hypothèses : carnets de recherches en Sciences humaines et sociales

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katharinakrause, « Common terminologies or individual judgement? Registering skin colours in the Ottoman census », LOOP – Late Ottoman Palestinians, ID : 10.58079/vxac

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Katharina Krause In addition to height, eye colour, and permanent physical markers, skin colour was among the attributes registered in the early twentieth century Ottoman census. Most commonly, it was recorded with one of the following four terminologies: esmer (dark), buğday (light brown), aşkar (ruddy-skinned), and beyaz (white). In a study on domestic workers and slaves in Late Ottoman Palestine, Sarah and Johann Buessow question whether registering skin colours in the context of the ...

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