| Description |
xviii, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-410) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Premodern practices : Formal marriage -- Salve concubinage, temporary marriage, and harem wives -- Class, status-defined homosexuality, and rituals of courtship -- Part 2. Toward a Westernized modernity : On the road to an ethos of monogamous, heterosexual marriage -- Redefining purity, unveiling bodies, and shifting desires -- Imperialist politics, romantic love, and the impasse over women's suffrage -- Suffrage, marriage reforms, and the threat of female sexuality -- Rise of leftist guerrilla organizations and Islamist movements -- Part 3. Forging an Islamist modernity and beyond : Islamic Revolution, its sexual economy, and the Left -- Islamist women and the emergence of Islamic feminism -- Birth control, female sexual awakening, and the gay lifestyle -- Conclusion: toward a new Muslim-Iranian sexuality for the twenty-first century. |
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Women -- Iran -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Iran. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- Sexual behavior -- Iran.
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Women -- Sexual behavior. |
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Feminism -- Iran.
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Feminism. |
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Women's rights -- Iran.
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Women's rights. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
| ISBN |
9780521898461 hardback |
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0521898463 hardback |
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9780521727082 paperback |
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0521727081 paperback |
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