Women, religion and culture in Iran
By: edited by Sarah Ansari and Vanessa Martin.
Contributors: Ansari, Sarah F. D.; Martin, Vanessa.; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Series: Royal Asiatic Society books
Publisher: Curzon in association with the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Richmond, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Women in Islam -- Iran; Women and religion -- Iran; Women -- Iran -- Social conditions; Iran -- Civilization -- 19th century; Iran -- Civilization -- 20th century
Description: Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy, and the consequences of developments since 1979.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Women, Shi'ism and cuisine in Iran -- Shireen Mahdavi; title: CMS women missionaries in Iran, 1891-1934 -- Gulnar Eleanor Francis-Dehqani; title: Presbyterian vocation to reform gender relations in Iran -- Michael Zirinsky; title: Women and journalism in Iran -- Hossein Shahidi; title: From the royal harem to a post-modern Islamic society -- Anna Vanzan; title: Gender and the army of knowledge in Pahlavi Iran, 1968-1979 -- Farian Sabahi; title: From Islamization to the individualization of women in post-revolutionary Iran -- Azadeh Kian-Thiébaut; title: Politicization of women's religious circles in post-revolutionary Iran -- Azam Torab; title: Islam, women and civil rights -- Ziba Mir-Hosseini; title: Perceptions of gender roles among female Iranian immigrants in the United States -- Ali Akbar Mahdi; title: Communities in place and communities in space-- Asghar Fathi.