gender and sexual anxieties of Iranian modernity
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Najmabadi, Afsaneh
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- V IND 1A 2005
- Thesaurus
- moderne periode, gender, liefde, seksualiteit, feminisme, cultuur, islam, Iran, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Najmabadi rereads and rewrites the history of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality. She demonstrates the centrality of gender and sexuality to the shaping of modern culture and politics in Iran and how changes in ideas about gender and sexuality affected conceptions of beauty, love, homeland, marriage, education, and citizenship. She discusses Iranian feminism and its role in the country's current culture wars.