Gender in contemporary Iran : pushing the boundaries /

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.

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Other Authors: Bahramitash, Roksana, 1956-, Hooglund, Eric J. (Eric James), 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Iranian studies (London, England) ; 10.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Authority, modernity and gender-relevant legislation in Iran / Louise Halper
  • 2. Gendering Shi'ism in post-revolutionary Iran / Azadeh Kian
  • 3. Women and social protest in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Fatemeh Etemad Moghadam
  • 4. Exploring women's experience of higher education and the changing nature of gender relations in Iran / Goli M. Rezai-Rashti
  • 5. Exclusionary cartographies: gender liberation and the Iranian blogosphere / Niki Akhavan
  • 6. Areas of Iranian women's voice and influence / Jaleh Taheri
  • 7. Post-revolutionary Iranian youth: the case of Qom and the new culture of ambivalence / Farhad Khosrokhavar
  • 8. Changing attitudes among women in rural Iran / Eric Hooglund
  • 9. Women's employment trends: advance or retreat? / Shala Kazemipour
  • 10. Extra legal/informal settlements: does gender matter? / Zohreh Fanni
  • 11. Iran within a regional context: socio-demographic transformations and effects on women's status / Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini.