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Sexual politics in modern iran / Janet Afary.

Van Pelt Library HQ1735.2 .A67 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Afary, Janet.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women--Iran--Social conditions.
Women.
Women--Sexual behavior.
Iran.
Social conditions.
Women--Sexual behavior--Iran.
Feminism--Iran.
Feminism.
Women's rights--Iran.
Women's rights.
Physical Description:
xviii, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Contents:
Part 1 Premodern practices 17
1 Formal marriage 19
2 Slave concubinage, temporary marriage, and harem wives 50
3 Class, status-defined homosexuality, and rituals of courtship 79
Part 2 Toward a Westernized modernity 109
4 On the road to an ethos of monogamous, heterosexual marriage 111
5 Redefining purity, unveiling bodies, and shifting desires 142
6 Imperialist politics, romantic love, and the impasse over women's suffrage 174
7 Suffrage, marriage reforms, and the threat of female sexuality 198
8 The rise of leftist guerrilla organizations and Islamist movements 234
Part 3 Forging an Islamist modernity and beyond 263
9 The Islamic Revolution, its sexual economy, and the Left 265
10 Islamist women and the emergence of Islamic feminism 292
11 Birth control, female sexual awakening, and the gay lifestyle 323.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-410) and index.
ISBN:
9780521898461
0521898463
9780521727082
0521727081
OCLC:
309835093

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