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.
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It is undeniable that, over the course of the twentieth century and in many parts of the world, women and issues 'connected with them have steadily moved centre stage much more publicly than had been the case in earlier times. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
literacy corps, strong disagree, secular women, female preachers, great cuisine, religious seminaries, women journalists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Reza Shah, United States, New York, Zan-i Ruz, Personal Report of Annie Stocking Boyce, Ministry of Education, Middle East, Department of State, American Embassy, Iranian Studies, Mary Bird, Annie Boyce, Constitutional Revolution, White Revolution, Tehran University, World War, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Emmeline Stuart, New Haven, Shah Isma'il, Iran Times, Kayhan International, Pahlavi Iran, Princess Ashraf, Shah Tahmasb New!
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It is undeniable that, over the course of the twentieth century and in many parts of the world, women and issues 'connected with them have steadily moved centre stage much more publicly than had been the case in earlier times. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
literacy corps, strong disagree, secular women, female preachers, great cuisine, religious seminaries, women journalists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Reza Shah, United States, New York, Zan-i Ruz, Personal Report of Annie Stocking Boyce, Ministry of Education, Middle East, Department of State, American Embassy, Iranian Studies, Mary Bird, Annie Boyce, Constitutional Revolution, White Revolution, Tehran University, World War, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Emmeline Stuart, New Haven, Shah Isma'il, Iran Times, Kayhan International, Pahlavi Iran, Princess Ashraf, Shah Tahmasb New!
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- Marriage On Trial: A Study of Islamic Family Law by Ziba Mir-Hosseini on page 9, page 213, and Back Matter
- Islam and Gender by Ziba Mir-Hosseini on page 188, and Back Matter
- Feminism and Islam: Legal and Literary Perspectives by Mai Yamani on page 9, and page 142
- Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age by Anthony Giddens on page 224, and Back Matter
- Conversations with Anthony Giddens: Making Sense of Modernity by Anthony Giddens on page 224, and Back Matter
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- Women in the Middle East: Past and Present by Nikki R. Keddie on page 185, and page 193
- The Politics of Self-Expression: The Urdu Middleclass Milieu in Mid-Twentieth Century India and Pakistan (Royal Asiatic Society Books) by Markus Daechsel in Front Matter
- Muslims in India Since 1947: Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations (Royal Asiatic Society Books) by Yoginder Sikand in Front Matter
- The Qajar Pact: Bargaining, Protest and the State in Nineteenth-Century Persia (International Library of Iranian Studies) by Vanessa Martin in Back Matter
- Society, Politics and Economics in Mazandaran, Iran 1848-1914 (Royal Asiatic Society Books) by Mohammad Ali Kazembeyki in Front Matter
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