The making of the modern Iranian woman : gender, state policy, and popular culture, 1865-1946 /

''Combining the best of archival research, oral history, and textual analysis ... Amin's text offers new avenues of inquiry into the relationship between modern states and the lives of their female citizens.''--Lisa Pollard, University of North Carolina, Wilmington'...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Amin, Camron Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2002.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Women > Iran > History.
Feminism > Iran > History.
Women's rights > Iran > History.
Femmes > Iran > Histoire.
Féminisme > Iran > Histoire.
Femmes > Droits > Iran > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Feminism
Social policy
Women
Women's rights
Vrouwen.
Iran > Social policy > 18th century.
Iran > Social policy > 19th century.
Iran
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables ix; Preface xi; 1. The "Women's Awakening" Reconsidered 1; 2. Tradition and Renewal 16; 3. Imagining the Modern Iranian Woman 48; 4. Unveiling and Its Discontents 80; 5. Renewal's Bride 114; 6. The Capable Woman 142; 7. The Limits of Emancipation 189; 8. Breaking with Male Guardianship 215; 9. The Legacy of the Women's Awakening 246; Notes 255; Bibliography 301; Index 313.

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