Words, not swords : Iranian women writers and the freedom of movement / Farzaneh Milani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milani, Farzaneh.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Persian literature.

Persian literature--History and criticism.

Women authors, Iranian.

Muslim women in literature.

Purdah in literature.

Social control in literature.

Women in literature.

Women in motion pictures.

Women and literature--Iran.

Women and literature.

Feminism and literature--Iran.

Feminism and literature.

Women authors.

Iran.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 345 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Iranian women writers and the freedom of movement

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.

Summary:

As women across the globe have sprung free from the traditional oppressions of patriarchal societies over the last 150+ years, Milani (Persian literature and studies in women and gender, U. of Virginia) examines the role women writers have had in effecting change and inspiring their global sisters to find their own voices. She draws on the struggle of her own native Iranian women's fight for freedom of movement and human rights, as well as three other important women figures, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She analyzes film and literary works that serve to dissolve the stereotypical depictions of women's roles and place in society. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: keeping women in their place

A legacy of containment

Enclosed bodies, trapped voices, framed images: the poetics of sex segregation

The bonds of beauty: immobilizing the ideal woman in Iranian literature

Pardeh Neshin, or "she who sits behind the screen": the spatial politics of Iranian cinema

Wings and words

Badasht and Seneca Falls: Taririh Qurratulayn and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Icarus reborn: captivity and flight in the work of Forugh Farrokhzad

The gypsy poet: fluidity and flux in the poetry of Simin Behbahani

Women on the road: Shahrnush Parsipur and the conference of female birds

Prisoners awaiting liberation

Reading and misreading Iranian women in the United States: on abducted daughters, incarcerated girls, and invisible women

Epilogue: words as ambassadors of peace and beacons of hope.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815632788

0815632789

OCLC:

681500659