Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic

Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic
Title Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic PDF eBook
Author Lois Beck
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 312
Release 2004
Genre History
ISBN 9780252029370

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The role of women in Iran has often been downplayed or obscured, particularly in the modern era. This volume demonstrates that women have long played important roles in different facets of Iranian society. Together with its companion, Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800, this volume completes a two-book project on the central importance of Iranian women from pre-Islamic times through the creation and establishment of the Islamic Republic. It includes essays from various disciplines by prominent scholars who examine women's roles in politics, society, and culture and the rise and development of the women's movement before and during the Islamic Republic. Several contributors address the issue of regional, ethnic, linguistic, and tribal diversity in Iran, which has long contained complex, heterogenous societies.

Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800

Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800
Title Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800 PDF eBook
Author Guity Nashat
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 276
Release 2003
Genre History
ISBN 9780252071218

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Combining scholarship from a range of disciplines, this collection of essays is a comprehensive examination of the role of women in Iranian society and culture, from pre-Islamic times to 1800. The contributors challenge common assumptions about women in Iran and Islam. Sweeping away modern myths, these essays show that women have had significant influence in almost every area of Iranian life. Focusing on a region wider than today's nation-state of Iran, this book explores developments in the spheres that most affect women: gender constructs, family structure, community roles, education, economic participation, Islamic practices and institutions, politics, and artistic representations. The contributors to this volume are prominent international scholars working in this field, and each draws on decades of research to address the history of Iranian women within the context of his or her area of expertise. This broad framework allows for a thorough and nuanced examination of the history of a complex society.

Modern Iran

Modern Iran
Title Modern Iran PDF eBook
Author Nikki R. Keddie
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 438
Release 2003-01-01
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0300098561

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In this revised and expanded version of Nikki Keddie's work, Roots of Revolution, the author brings the story of modern Iran to the present day, exploring the political, cultural, and social changes of the past quarter century. Keddie provides insightful commentary on the Iran-Iraq war, the Persian Gulf War, and the effects of 9/11 and Iran's strategic relationship with the US. She also discusses developments in education, health care, the arts and the role of women.

The Women's Rights Movement in Iran

The Women's Rights Movement in Iran
Title The Women's Rights Movement in Iran PDF eBook
Author Eliz Sanasarian
Publisher Greenwood
Pages 172
Release 1982
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780275908942

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A definitive survey of the Iranian women's movement from its origins in the Pre-Pahlavi period to its status under Khomeini.

Women with Mustaches and Men Without Beards

Women with Mustaches and Men Without Beards
Title Women with Mustaches and Men Without Beards PDF eBook
Author Afsaneh Najmabadi
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 377
Release 2005-04-25
Genre History
ISBN 0520242637

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"This book is groundbreaking, at once highly original, courageous, and moving. It is sure to have a tremendous impact in Iranian studies, modern Middle East history, and the history of gender and sexuality."—Beth Baron, author of Egypt as a Woman "This is an extraordinary book. It rereads the story of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality in ways that no other scholars have done."—Joan W. Scott, author of Gender and the Politics of History

Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister

Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister
Title Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister PDF eBook
Author Minoo Moallem
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 280
Release 2005-07-11
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780520938465

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Minoo Moallem challenges the mainstream stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims as backward, fanatical, and premodern by showing how Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism are by-products of modernity. Writing with a deep personal and scholarly concern for recent Iranian history, Moallem refers to the gendered notions of brother and sister as keys to understanding the invention of the Islamic ummat as a modern fraternal community. Using magazines, novels, and films, she offers a feminist transnational analysis of contemporary Iranian culture that questions dominant binaries of modern and traditional, West and East, secular and religious, and civilized and barbaric. Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister responds to a number of important questions raised in connection with 9/11. The author considers how veiling intersects with other identity markers in nation-state building and modern formations of gendered citizenship. She shows how Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism are fed by a hybrid blend of images and myths of both pre-Islamic and Islamic Iran, as well as globally circulated patriarchal ideologies.

The Women's Movement in Iran

The Women's Movement in Iran
Title The Women's Movement in Iran PDF eBook
Author Homa Hoodfar
Publisher
Pages 52
Release 1999
Genre Women
ISBN

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