Conceiving citizens : women and the politics of motherhood in Iran / Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kashani-Sabet, Firoozeh, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Iran--Social conditions.

Women.

Motherhood--Political aspects--Iran.

Motherhood.

Women--Sexual behavior--Iran.

Women--Health and hygiene--Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

CONCEIVING CITIZENS places women and their role as mothers of the nation as central to the history of Iran during successive regimes in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Hygiene and Citizenship; 1. Healing Iran: Hygiene and Social Change in the Qajar Era; 2. Population Politics: Infant Mortality and the "Crisis" of Midwifery; PART TWO: Marriage, Maternity, and Sexuality; 3. From Celibacy to Companionship: The Evolution of Persian Marriages; 4. Sexual Mores, Social Lives: The Impact of Venereal Disease; 5. Giving Birth: Modern Nursing and Reproductive Politics; 6. Schooling Mothers: Patriotic Education and Women's "Renewal"; 7. Defrocking the Nation: Unveiling and the Politics of Dress

PART THREE: Politics and Reproduction8. From Mothers to Voters: Suffrage, Literacy, and Family Dynamics; 9. Managing Birth: Family Planning and Health Care; 10. Civil Liberties, Civic Wombs: Women in the Islamic Republic; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-991316-1

0-19-971893-8

0-19-025429-7

OCLC:

911195018