| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 457 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
| Series |
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East |
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Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
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| Contents |
Neighborly Scorn -- Iranian Women, 1925-1980 -- Women of Khorramshahr and Abadan -- Women of the State -- Home Front Sacrifices -- Participation in Unlikely Places -- Female Prisoners of War -- Women Without Men -- The War Continues Forty Years Later -- Iranian Women and Gender Since the War Ended |
| Summary |
"Hundreds of thousands of Iranian women participated in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), yet their significant role has gone unnoticed. Using primary sources, Farzaneh both chronicles the ways in which women participated in the conflict and explores the factors that motivated them to do so." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-447) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from resource home page (JSTOR, viewed April 21, 2021) |
| Subject |
Women -- Iran -- History -- 20th century
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Women in war -- Iran -- History -- 20th century
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Women and war -- Iran
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Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 -- Participation, Female
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Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 -- Women
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Iran.
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Women in war
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Women and war
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Women
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Military participation -- Female
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Iran
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780815655169 |
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0815655169 |
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