| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) |
| Series |
Iranian studies ; 10 |
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Iranian studies (London, England) ; 10.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
This book examines gender and the transformation of contemporary Iran.€In particular it documents the changes in women's lives, challenging the idea that the revolution put back the clock for women and showing€how they have now become agents of social change rather than victims |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Iran -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Social conditions
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Women -- Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Social conditions -- 1997- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005196
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bahramitash, Roksana, 1956-
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Hooglund, Eric J. (Eric James), 1944-
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| ISBN |
9780203830710 |
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0203830717 |
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9781136824265 |
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113682426X |
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9781136824258 |
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1136824251 |
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