Gender in contemporary Iran : pushing the boundaries / edited by Roksana Bahramitash and Eric Hooglund.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bahramitash, Roksana, 1956-

Hooglund, Eric J. (Eric James), 1944-

Series:

Iranian studies (London, England) ; 10.

Iranian studies ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Iran--Social conditions.

Women.

Iran--Social conditions--1997-.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines gender and the dynamics of social change in contemporary Iran, documenting the changes in women's lives and showing how women have now become agents of social change rather than victims. Bringing together the detailed primary research of a number of eminent scholars working in Iran, this collection provides unique perspectives on the past decade in Iranian society. Chapters document and examine how different Iranian groups and classes are negotiating, resisting, and pressing for political and social change, to explore the complexity of a society that often is portr

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-82425-1

1-283-10441-5

9786613104410

1-136-82426-X

0-203-83071-7

9780203830710

OCLC:

727065521