| Sexual Politics in Modern Iran Contributor(s): Afary, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521898463 ISBN-13: 9780521898461 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Charts the history of Iran's sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Gender Studies - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 305.3 |
| LCCN: 2009004230 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.76 lbs) 444 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Janet Afary is a native of Iran and a leading historian. Her work focuses on gender and sexuality and draws on her experience of growing up in Iran and her involvement with Iranian women of different ages and social strata. These observations, and a wealth of historical documents, form the kernel of this book, which charts the history of the nation's sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. What comes across is the extraordinary resilience of the Iranian people, who have drawn on a rich social and cultural heritage to defy the repression and hardship of the Islamist state and its predecessors. It is this resilience, the author concludes, which forms the basis of a sexual revolution taking place in Iran today, one that is promoting reforms in marriage and family laws, and demanding more egalitarian gender and sexual relations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Afary, Janet: - Janet Afary is Professor of History and Women's Studies in the Department of History at Purdue University. Her previous publications include The Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy, and the Origins of Feminism (1996) and, with Kevin Anderson, the award-winning Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism (2005). |
