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a memoir
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Rachlin, Nahid
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- V IND 9 RAC 2007
- Thesaurus
- schrijvers, leefvormen, huwelijken, dagelijks leven, islam, Iran, Verenigde Staten, autobiografie
- Description
- This memoir by the author of four novels tells the story of an Iranian girl growing up in a culture where, despite the Westernizing reforms of the Shah, women had little power or autonomy. As an infant in 1946, Rachlin was given to her mother's favorite sister, a widow who had been unable to conceive, and was lovingly raised among supportive widows who took refuge in religion from their frustrations as women in an oppressive society. At the age of nine, Rachlin's father met her at school without warning and brought her to Ahvaz to live with her birth family. Miserable in the new household, young Nahid was befriended by her sister Pari. Both sisters developed artistic ambitions, but only Nahid managed to escape the typical female fate, convincing her father to send her to college in the U.S. Less lucky is Pari, whose life of arranged marriage, divorce from an abusive husband and estrangement from her son ends in depression and early death.
Vol. IV : Economics, Education, Mobility and Space
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Joseph, Suad > (gen. ed.)
- Creator
- Najmabadi, Afsaneh > (ed.)
- Creator
- Peteet, Julie > (ed.)
- Creator
- Shami, Seteney > (ed.)
- Creator
- Siapno, Jackie > (ed.)
- Creator
- Smith, Jane I. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Horner, Alice > (ass. ed.)
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- B 08 5/WER
- Thesaurus
- islam, steden, kolonialisme, thuislozen, gebouwde omgeving, identiteit, economie, landbouw, kinderarbeid, organisaties, industrie, handenarbeid, ontwikkelingssamenwerking, arbeid, informele sector, gezinnen, wonen, beleid, wetgeving, ngo's, gezondheid, handel, huishoudelijke arbeid, onderwijs, prostituees, religieuze functionarissen, milieu, water, informatica, migratie, asiel, diaspora, vluchtelingen, armoede, slavernij, architectuur, ruimtelijke ordening, toerisme, Afghanistan, Afrika, Arabische wereld, Azerbeidzjan, Centraalaziatische Sovjetrepublieken, Egypte, Indonesië, Irak, Iran, Israël, Jamaica, Jemen, Jordanië, Kaukasische Sovjetrepublieken, Libanon, Maleisië, Marokko, Noord-Afrika, Noord-Amerika, Oost-Europa, Palestina, Saudi-Arabië, Soedan, Syrië, Thailand, Turkije, Verenigde Staten, Verenigd Koninkrijk, West-Europa, Zuid-Amerika, Zuid-Azië, Zuid-Europa, encyclopedie
- Description
- Part four of the six volumes dedicated to substantive topics of relevance to women and Islamic cultures globally. Volume IV covers women and Islamic cultures in topics as colonial cities, global cities, Islamic cities, homelessness, urban identities and movements, discourses and pratices of development, family and development, housing policies, non-governmental organizations, sustainable development, credit organizations, marketing, craft industries, foreign aid, informal and formal labour markets, Islamic banks, labour and health, land reform, trade, domestic labour, pastoral economies, professional occupations, sex workers, education from pre- to postcolonial periods, environment, migration, slavery, space, technology, and tourism.
a Persian encounter with the West
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Guppy, Shusha
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- FR 9 GUP 2007
- Thesaurus
- musici, schrijvers, journalisten, vluchtelingen, Iraans, Iran, Frankrijk, 1950-1959, 20e eeuw, autobiografie
- Description
- At the age of 17, the author left Iran and her family to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she met amongst others the dramatist Samuel Beckett, the musician Sydney Bechet, and writer Albert Camus and was encouraged to write and record her first songs by Jacques Prévert. Simultaneously a vivid portrait of 1950s Paris.
reversing the gaze
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Magnus, Edda > [ed]
- Creator
- Kabeer, Naila > [ed]
- Creator
- Stark, Agneta > [ed]
- Contributor
- Cos-Montiel, Francisco
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 1N 2008
- Thesaurus
- arbeidsmarkt, gezinnen, loopbanen, verlofregelingen, politieke participatie, gelijke behandeling, landen in transitie, quota, statistiek, Zweden, Pakistan, Argentinië, Iran, Hongarije, India, Afrika, Mexico, Zuid-Afrika, bundel
- Description
- The Nordic countries have long been seen as pioneers in promoting gender equality. The book brings together scholars from the global South and post-socialist economies to reflect on Nordic approaches to gender equality. The contributors to the book seek to explore from a comparative perspective the vision, values, policies, mechanisms, coalitions of interests and political processes that help to explain Nordic achievements on gender equality. While some contributors explore the Nordic experience through the prism of their own realities, others explore their own realities through the Nordic prism.
identity and invasion
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Rostami-Povey, Elaheh
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 1N 2007
- Thesaurus
- Afghaans, stereotypering, diaspora, vluchtelingen, islam, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, United States of America, United Kingdom
- Description
- This book looks at how Afghan women have fought repression and challenged stereotypes, both within the country and in diasporas in Iran, Pakistan, the United States and the United Kingdom. Covering topics from the Taliban and the impact of 9/11 to the role of NGOs and the growth of the opium economy, the author presents a diverse picture of these women's lives.
western feminism and Iran
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Naghibi, Nima
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- NO 1A 2007
- Thesaurus
- feminisme, vrouwenbewegingen, moslima's, hoofddoeken, vrouwbeelden, films, missie, reizigers, historisch, Iraans, Iran, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- In this analysis of how Western and Iranian feminism both converge and conflict the author makes connections among feminism, imperialism and the discourses of global sisterhood. She investigates topics including the state-sponsored Women’s Organization of Iran and the involvement of feminists such as Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem in the Iranian feminism movement before and during the 1979 revolution. She examines the veiled woman in the films of Tahmineh Milani, Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Kim Longinotto, and Mahnaz Afzali.
reading more than Lolita in Tehran
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Keshavarz, Fatemeh
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- NO 54 2007 - B
- Thesaurus
- vrouwbeelden, schrijvers, stereotypering, Iran
- Description
- Introduces Iranian culture in general and two modern women writers in particular. The author opposes perception of contemporary Iranian women as voiceless victims. She critiques the best-seller Reading Lolita in Tehran as an example of so called New Orientalist narrative. Parts of the volume are autobiographical writing.
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