Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800
Contributors: Guity Nashat (Editor); Lois Beck (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: October 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780252071218
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Islamic studies; Women's studies; Sociology; History: American; Iran; Middle East - Iran; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Islam - History; Middle East - General; Women's Studies - General; History; Social conditions; Women
First sentence: DESPITE PERCEPTIONS about how Islamic teachings regulated gender roles, many practices and values such as the seclusion of women, the veil, the legal subordination of women to men, and societal attitudes enforcing a division of labor along gender lines are rooted in the pre-Islamic history of the inhabitants of the Iranian plateau and their neighbors in the Nile-to-Oxus region.