Women, Religion and Culture in Iran

ISBN-13: 9780415515313 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 231 str.

Sarah Ansari; Vanessa Martin

Opis

This book investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted with each other in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Sarah Ansari; Chapter 2 Women, Shi?ism and Cuisine in Iran, Shireen Mahdavi; Chapter 3 CMS Women Missionaries in Iran, 1891–1934, Gulnar Eleanor Francis-Dehqani; Chapter 4 A Presbyterian Vocation to Reform Gender Relations in Iran, Michael Zirinsky; Chapter 5 Women and Journalism in Iran, Hossein Shahidi; Chapter 6 From the Royal Harem to a Post-modern Islamic Society, Anna Vanzan; Chapter 7 Gender and the Army of Knowledge in Pahlavi Iran, 1968–1979, Farian Sabahi; Chapter 8 From Islamization to the Individualization of Women in Post-revolutionary Iran, Azadeh Kian-Thiébaut; Chapter 9 The Politicization of Women’s Religious Circles in Post-revolutionary Iran, Azam Torab; Chapter 10 Islam, Women and Civil Rights, Ziba Mir-Hosseini; Chapter 11 Perceptions of Gender Roles Among Female Iranian Immigrants in the United States, Ali Akbar Mahdi; Chapter 12 Communities in Place and Communities in Space Globalization and Feminism in Iran, Asghar Fathi;

O autorze

Sarah Ansari, ; Martin, Vanessa