Women In Iran From 1800 To The Islamic Republic

Author : Lois Beck,Guity Nashat
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0252029372

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Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic by Lois Beck,Guity Nashat Pdf

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.

Author : Guity Nashat,Lois Beck
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0252071212

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Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800 by Guity Nashat,Lois Beck Pdf

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.

Author : Goli M. Rezai-Rashti,Golnar Mehran,Shirin Abdmolaei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315301730

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Women, Islam and Education in Iran by Goli M. Rezai-Rashti,Golnar Mehran,Shirin Abdmolaei Pdf

Drawing on the complexities and nuances in women’s education in relation to the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this edited collection examines implications of religious-based policies on gender relations as well as the unanticipated outcomes of increasing participation of women in education. With a focus on the impact of the Islamic Republic’s Islamicization endeavor on Iranian society, specifically gender relations and education, this volume offers insight into the paradox of increasing educational opportunities despite discriminatory laws and restrictions that have been imposed on women.

Author : Homa Hoodfar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Women
ISBN : UOM:39015069166919

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The Women's Movement in Iran by Homa Hoodfar Pdf

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Author : Maryam Poya
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1856496821

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Women, Work and Islamism by Maryam Poya Pdf

Based on original research into women's participation in the workforce, this book is the most up-to-date study of women in Iran available. The Islamisation of state and society which followed the 1979 revolution involved an attempt by the Islamic state to seclude women within the home. However, the power of the state was constrained by many factors - the Iran-Iraq war, economic restructuring - and women's own responses to oppression. In spite of continual attempts by the state to strengthen patriarchal relationships, women's participation in the labour force in 1999 is greater than it was before the revolution. Women's participation in both the economy and in political movements has led to a much greater level of gender consciousness in the 1990s than at the height of westernisation in the 1960s and 70s. Religious and secular women in urban areas have demanded reforms and forced the Islamic state to return to the position of the pre 1979 reforms. Providing a history of Iran, an introduction to Islamism and an analysis of the women and Islam debate, this book will be necessary reading for students and academics of Middle East studies, women's studies and labour studies.

Author : Guity Nashat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000010091

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Women And Revolution In Iran by Guity Nashat Pdf

Iranian women acquired greater legal, social, and economic opportunities during the past three decades than in any other period of history, yet they participated in large numbers in the 1979 revolution to overthrow Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Ironically, they may have lost. more than any other group from the changes introduced and stand to lose even more from changes contemplated by leaders of the current regime. The role of women in the revolution, the reasons for their participation, and their subsequent fate are documented in this volume. The authors examine the status of women in pre-revolutionary society, the ways in which their lives were affected by Islamic principles, and the changes that occurred throughout the twentieth century as increasing numbers of women entered the labor force and public life. They then turn to recent political events, describing the participation of working-class, rural, and educated women and activists from both the right and left. Finally, they consider the implications of recent government politics aimed at limiting women's activities outside the home and encouraging a return to more traditional roles.

Author : Sarah Ansari,Vanessa Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317793403

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Women, Religion and Culture in Iran by Sarah Ansari,Vanessa Martin Pdf

Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy, and the consequences of developments since 1979.

Author : Tara Povey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134779963

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Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran by Tara Povey Pdf

This book examines the women's movement in Iran and its role in contesting gender relations since the 1979 revolution. Looking at examples from politics, law, employment, environment, media and religion and the struggle for democracy, this book demonstrates how material conditions have important social and political consequences for the lives of women in Iran and exposes the need to challenge the dominant theoretical perspectives on gender and Islam. A truly fascinating insider's look at the experiences of Iranian women as academics, political and civil society activists, this book counters the often inaccurate and misleading stereotyping of Iranian women to present a vibrant and diverse picture of these women's lives. A welcome and unique addition to the vibrant and growing literature on women, Islam, development, democracy and feminisms.

Author : Mahnaz Afkhami,Erika Friedl
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815626339

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In the Eye of the Storm by Mahnaz Afkhami,Erika Friedl Pdf

Author : Haleh Esfandiari
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0801856191

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Reconstructed Lives by Haleh Esfandiari Pdf

Iranian women tell in their own words what the revolution attempted and how they responded. The Islamic revolution of 1979 transformed all areas of Iranian life. For women, the consequences were extensive and profound, as the state set out to reverse legal and social rights women had won and to dictate many aspects of women's lives, including what they could study and how they must dress and relate to men. Reconstructed Lives presents Iranian women telling in their own words what the revolution attempted and how they responded. Through a series of interviews with professional and working women in Iran—doctors, lawyers, writers, professors, secretaries, businesswomen—Haleh Esfandiari gathers dramatic accounts of what has happened to their lives as women in an Islamic society. She and her informants describe the strategies by which women try to and sometimes succeed in subverting the state's agenda. Esfandiari also provides historical background on the women's movement in Iran. She finds evidence in Iran's experience that even women from "traditional" and working classes do not easily surrender rights or access they have gained to education, career opportunities, and a public role.

Author : Hammed Shahidian
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111896374

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Women in Iran: Gender politics in the Islamic republic by Hammed Shahidian Pdf

Blending social scientific theories about feminism, social movements, and culture with the specifics of the Iranian situation, this volume examines changes in the structure of patriarchy from the 1960s to the present by looking at domestic labor, employment, education, politics, culture, and sexuality. Combining personal narratives and socio-philosophical discussion, Shahidian focuses on policies that shape gender relations, primarily on the Islamic government's strategies to re-strengthen patriarchal practices. A nascent secular feminism in Iran opts for far-reaching changes in gender relations, but faces serious internal and external constraints. This book studies gender discourses in Iran as the interplay of ideologies and socio-historical conditions. Iranian gender and cultural politics have emerged through lively, often brutally fierce, battles over symbols, meanings, and practices--battles involving Islamist, reformist, and secular women activists. Such conflicts have produced a damaging dual society of public and private forums. This bifurcation yields not peaceful coexistence, but subjugation to the Islamic state's plans. Only by rejecting so-called reformist measures, which, the author contends, merely continue the subordination of women, can equality between the sexes be achieved.

Author : Minoo Derayeh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015066809404

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Gender Equality in Iranian History by Minoo Derayeh Pdf

In the last two decades, under the Islamic Republic, laws and regulations affecting the status of Iranian women came in the form of different religious decrees that were justified by the argument that they all complied with the Quran and the shariah. Iranian women have refused to abandon their quests for an equal status. This book examines the changes which have affected Iranian women's lives after the coming of Islam in the seventh century and after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Author : Jane Howard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111996752

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Inside Iran by Jane Howard Pdf

TV crews and foreign correspondents come and go, but former BBC correspondent Jane Howard made her home in Iran for five years, raising her two young children there. Her experience took her beyond the headlines and horror stories and into the lives of everyday Iranian women. Her brilliantly observed report, takes readers from dinner in a presidential palace to tea in a nomad's tent. From women working in rice paddies and tea plantations to highly educated women in Tehran who have been banned from working in their professions. The image of Iranian women is still one of anonymous ranks of revolutionary marchers, clad in black. But underneath their black chadors or drab raincoats, they not only wear jeans, T-shirts and Lycra leggings, but they also work outside the home, drive, play sports and even become politicians. While many women haven't regained the Western-style freedom they lost in the revolution of 1979, others have won rights they never had before. Practically every girl has access to primary education now, and even remote villages have clean drinking water, a paved road and a school. Yet Islamic law continues to impose many inequities and constraints. In cash terms, for example, a woman's life is worth half that of a man's, and in the courtroom, two women have to give evidence to equal one man's testimony. This is a fascinating story of struggle and change, vividly documenting what it means to be a woman in Iran.

Author : Roksana Bahramitash,Eric Hooglund
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136824265

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Gender in Contemporary Iran by Roksana Bahramitash,Eric Hooglund Pdf

This book examines gender and the transformation of contemporary Iran.€In particular it documents the changes in women's lives, challenging the idea that the revolution put back the clock for women and showing€how they have now become agents of social change rather than victims.

Author : Azar Tabari,Nahid Yeganeh
Publisher : London : Zed Press ; Wesport, Conn., U.S.A. : Distributor, Lawrence Hill
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002509862

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In the Shadow of Islam by Azar Tabari,Nahid Yeganeh Pdf

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