A social history of modern Tehran : space, power, and the city / Ashkan Rezvani Naraghi, University of Tehran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naraghi, Ashkan Rezvani, author.

Series:

Global Middle East (Cambridge, England)

The global Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tehran (Iran)--Social conditions.

Tehran (Iran).

Tehran (Iran)--Social life and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 472 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Tehran, the capital of Iran since the late eighteenth century, is now one of the largest cities in the Middle East. Exploring Tehran's development from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, Ashkan Rezvani Naraghi paints a vibrant picture of a city undergoing rapid and dynamic social transformation. Rezvani Naraghi demonstrates that this shift was the product of a developing discourse around spatial knowledge, in which the West became the model for the social practices of the state and sections of Iranian society. As traditional social spaces, such as coffee houses, bathhouses, and mosques, were replaced by European-style cafes, theatres, and sports clubs, Tehran and its people were irreversibly altered. Using an array of archival sources, Rezvani Naraghi stresses the agency of everyday inhabitants in shaping urban change. This enlightening history not only allows us to better understand the contours of contemporary Tehran, but to develop a new way of imagining, talking about, and building 'the city'.

Contents:

Introduction

Segmented Society and the Social Production of Communal Spaces

Segmented Society and Spaces of Political Mobilization

Iranian Travelers and the Production of Spatial Knowledge

The Qajar Court and the City: Spatial Strategies of the State in the Nineteenth Century

The Interwar Period and Middle-Class Urbanism

The Age of Social Movements: The Transformation of Political Public Space

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Jan 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-009-19463-1

1-009-19464-X

1-009-18890-9

OCLC:

1356003898