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Book SynopsisDemonstrates that women have long played important roles in different facets of Iranian society. This volume includes essays from various disciplines by scholars who examine women's roles in politics, society, and culture and the rise and development of the women's movement before and during the Islamic Republic.
Table of ContentsMarriage in the Qajar period Guity Nashat; Reflection in the mirror - how each saw the other: Women in the nineteenth century Shireen Mahdavi; The origins and development of the Women's Movement in Iran, 1906-1941 Mansoureh Ettehadieh; The Women's Organization of Iran: Evolutionary politics and revolutionary change Mahnaz Afkhami; The role of women Members of Parliament, 1963-1988 Haleh Esfandiari; Women and the labor process in the Islamic Republic of Iran Fatemeh Etemad Moghadam; Labor-force participation of women in contemporary Iran Amir Mehryar, Gholamali Farjadi & Mohammad Tabibian; Sexuality, rights and Islam: Competing gender discourses in post-revolutionary Iran Ziba Mir-Hosseini; Rural women's history: A case study from Boir Ahmad Erika Friedl; Qashqa'I women in post-revolutionary Iran Lois Beck
