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Author | : Janet Afary |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2021-01-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0755618289 |
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, there was a dramatic reversal of women's rights, and the state revived many premodern social conventions through modern means and institutions. Customs such as the enforced veiling of women, easy divorce for men, child marriage, and polygamy were robustly reintroduced and those who did not conform to societal strictures were severely punished. At the same time, new social and economic programs benefited the urban and rural poor, especially women, which had a direct impact on gender relations and the institution of marriage. Edited by Janet Afary and Jesilyn Faust, this interdisciplinary volume responds to the growing interest and need for literature on gender, marriage and family relations in the Islamic context. The book examines how the institution of marriage transformed in Iran, paying close attention to the country's culture and politics. Part One examines changes in urban marriages to new forms of cohabitation. In Part Two contributors, such as Soraya Tremayne, explore the way technology and social media has impacted and altered the institution of family. Part Three turns its eye to look at marital changes in the rural and tribal sectors of society through the works of anthropologists including Erika Friedl and Mary Hegland. Based on the work of both new and established scholars, the book provides an up-to-date study of an important and intensely politicized subject.
Author | : Janet Afary |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2009-04-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521898463 |
This book charts the history of Iran's sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. The resilience of the Iranian people forms the basis of this sexual revolution, one that is promoting reforms in marriage and family laws, and demanding more egalitarian gender and sexual relations.
Author | : Simon Sion Ebrahimi |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2011-03-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781456425807 |
“Veiled Romance” is a novel that unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of Tehran during the first months of Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution, and is inspired by my personal experiences and observations being in Iran during that time period.“Veiled Romance” is told from the point of view of Leila Omid, a young, lovely, liberated and brilliant Iranian educated in the States. Her family is highly connected to the Shah's government, despite the fact that they are secretly Jewish. In Tehran, post revolution, Leila sheds her western ways and plays a dangerous game rising to the upper ranks of the fundamentalist regime. She does this to free the man she loves, Cyrus – a charismatic and handsome Iranian business executive who is openly Jewish – from being a political hostage. The novel unfolds as Leila writes her memoirs from her cell in an Iranian fundamentalist prison, telling her stirring and passionate story, and providing an insider's view of the cultural and political history of contemporary Iran.
Author | : Abolqasem Ferdowsi |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 1041 |
Release | : 2016-03-08 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1101993235 |
The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition A Penguin Classic Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author | : Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2016-05-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0300220669 |
A classic of Modern Persian literature, Charand-o Parand (Stuff and Nonsense) is a work familiar to every literate Iranian. Originally a series of newspaper columns written by scholar and satirist Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, the pieces poke fun at mullahs, the shah, and the old religious and political order during the Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1906–11). The essays were the Daily Show of their era. The columns were heatedly debated in the Iranian parliament, and the newspaper was shut down on several occasions for its criticism of the religious establishment. Translated by two distinguished scholars of Persian language and history, this volume makes Dehkhoda’s entertaining political observations available to English readers for the first time.
Author | : Janet Afary |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780231103503 |
During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 to 1911 a variety of forces played key roles in overthrowing a repressive regime. Afary sheds new light on the role of ordinary citizens and peasantry, the status of Iranian women, and the multifaceted structure of Iranian society.
Author | : Jane Deuxard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Civil rights |
ISBN | : 9781637790045 |
A series of vignettes, in graphic novel format, that explore the lives of ten young Iranian men and women from diverse backgrounds.
Author | : Janet Afary |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2010-07-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0226007871 |
In 1978, as the protests against the Shah of Iran reached their zenith, philosopher Michel Foucault was working as a special correspondent for Corriere della Sera and le Nouvel Observateur. During his little-known stint as a journalist, Foucault traveled to Iran, met with leaders like Ayatollah Khomeini, and wrote a series of articles on the revolution. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution is the first book-length analysis of these essays on Iran, the majority of which have never before appeared in English. Accompanying the analysis are annotated translations of the Iran writings in their entirety and the at times blistering responses from such contemporaneous critics as Middle East scholar Maxime Rodinson as well as comments on the revolution by feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. In this important and controversial account, Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson illuminate Foucault's support of the Islamist movement. They also show how Foucault's experiences in Iran contributed to a turning point in his thought, influencing his ideas on the Enlightenment, homosexuality, and his search for political spirituality. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution informs current discussion on the divisions that have reemerged among Western intellectuals over the response to radical Islamism after September 11. Foucault's provocative writings are thus essential for understanding the history and the future of the West's relationship with Iran and, more generally, to political Islam. In their examination of these journalistic pieces, Afary and Anderson offer a surprising glimpse into the mind of a celebrated thinker.
Author | : Jennifer Klinec |
Publisher | : Twelve |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1455537683 |
For fans of Reading Lolita in Tehran, a true story of forbidden love set against the rich cultural and political backdrop of modern-day Iran. Jennifer Klinec is fearless. In her thirties, she abandons her bland corporate job to launch a cooking school from her London apartment and travel the world in search of delicious recipes and obscure culinary traditions. Her journey takes her to Iran, where she seeks out a local woman to learn the secrets of Persian cuisine. Vahid is suspicious of the strange foreigner who turns up in his mother's kitchen. Unused to such a bold and independent woman, he is frustrated to find himself, the prized only son of the house, largely ignored for the first time. But when the two are thrown together on an unexpected adventure, they discover a mutual attraction that draws them irresistibly toward each other--but also pits them against harsh Iranian laws and customs, which soon threaten to tear the unlikely lovers apart. Getting under the skin of one of the most complex and fascinating nations on earth, THE TEMPORARY BRIDE is a soaring, intricately woven story of being loved, being fed, and struggling to belong. *Includes Reading Group Guide*
Author | : Parand Alavi |
Publisher | : Lulu Publishing Services |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2019-08-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781483483740 |
Dandelions and Roses, well received in Iran and now available in the US, was penned by an Iranian ex-patriot. With life-long relations in the US, Iran, Parand Alavi has remained in close touch with goings-on in the Middle East and global events. The popular novelist's worldwide perspective provides an accurate portrayal of political and familial circumstances facing victims of ill-purposed ideological strife. The realistic modern setting of Alavi's novella serves as backdrop for a romantic fairy tale playing across oceans from Kirkuk to Washington, DC. Its major characters, a highly respected Kurdish family of low income, in their adopted Kirkuk community, undergo the ultimate tragedies of living in insurrection-torn Iraq. Their enthralling daughter endures the most savage violence and a most difficult cultural transition to survive psychological devestation. The evolving memory of her violation and ever present obsession with shame and revenge resist her chances at good fortune.