| Description |
1 online resource (490 p.) |
| Series |
The Global Middle East Ser. ; v.22 |
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The Global Middle East Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Segmented Society and the Social Production of Communal Spaces -- Nineteenth-Century Iranian Urban Society and the Communal Sphere -- Communal Life and Spaces Based on Religious Practices -- Muharram and the Formation of Takīyyihs -- Communal Life in Tehran during the Month of Ramadan -- Non-religious Practices and Communal Spaces -- Coffeehouses -- Bathhouses -- Traditional Gymnasiums, or Zūrkhānihs |
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Women's Havens in the Patriarchal Landscape -- Conclusion -- 2 Segmented Society and Spaces of Political Mobilization -- The Public Sphere: Universal or Contextual? -- From the Public Sphere to Public Space -- Political Players on the Verge of the Constitutional Revolution -- Constitutional Revolution and the Events of 1905-6 -- From Communal to Public: The Street-less Revolution -- The Impact of Newspapers, Anjumans, and the Parliament -- Anjumans: The Medium between the Communal and Public Spheres -- Newspapers and Public Opinion -- Political Public Spaces in the Post-Revolution Era |
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Iranian Women and the Redefinition of the Public Sphere and Political Public Space -- Conclusion -- 3 Iranian Travelers and the Production of Spatial Knowledge -- Iranian Travelers and Their Travelogues -- The City and the Persian Gaze -- A New Spatial Order -- Public-Private Relationships -- The Feminine City -- Power and the City -- New Functions, a New Temporality -- Silences -- Conclusion -- 4 The Qajar Court and the City Spatial Strategies of the State in the Nineteenth Century -- Spatial Commodification and the 1870s Expansion of Tehran -- Cholera Outbreaks and Spatial Bureaucratization |
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Spatial Strategies of the Qajar Court before the Expansion of Tehran -- The Court-Sponsored Muharram Ceremony -- Other Court-Sponsored Religious Ceremonies in Pre-1870s Tehran -- Court-Sponsored Non-religious Ceremonies -- Spatial Strategies of the Qajar Court after the Expansion of the City -- The New Takīyyih Duwlat and State- Sponsored Muharram Ceremonies -- The Transformation of the Spatial Relationship between the State and Society -- New Urban Spaces and the Transformation of Welcoming Ceremonies -- Early Attempts for the Production of European-Style Social Spaces |
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Spatial Abstraction and the Formation of Dualities in Tehran -- Conclusion -- 5 The Interwar Period and Middle-Class Urbanism -- The Post-Constitutional Era: An Overview -- New Urban Classes and the Decline of the Communal Sphere -- Tehran's Municipality and Spatial Bureaucratization -- The Simultaneous Processes of Social Production and Abstraction of Social Spaces -- The Demise of Coffeehouses and Rise of Cafés -- From Takiyyehs and Religious Performances to Cinemas and Theaters -- From Zūrkhānihs to Sport Clubs -- The Modern Middle Class and the Consolidation of the Spatial Discourse |
| Summary |
Outlines how Tehran's social spaces were transformed by shifting discourses and practices from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Conclusion |
| Subject |
Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Tehran (Iran) -- Social conditions
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Tehran (Iran) -- Social life and culture
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| Subject |
Iran -- Tehran
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
100919464X |
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9781009194648 |
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