Familial Undercurrents
- 200bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
Afsaneh Najmabadi draws on her family history to tell a larger story of the transformations of notions of love, marriage, and family life in mid-twentieth-century Iran.
Afsaneh Najmabadi Volgorde van de boeken
Afsāneh Najmābādi is een Iraans-Amerikaanse historicus en genderwetenschapper wiens werk ingaat op de transformatie van concepten en praktijken van seksualiteit in Iran, van het einde van de negentiende eeuw tot heden. Haar onderzoek duikt diep in de historische en sociale processen die het begrip van seksualiteit in de regio hebben gevormd. Door haar academische bijdragen en publicaties bevordert ze een genuanceerder begrip van de ingewikkelde relaties tussen sekse, gender en maatschappij in de Iraanse context. Haar analyses bieden waardevolle inzichten in de evolutie van genderstudies en de geschiedenis van het Midden-Oosten.
- 2022
- 2005
Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards
- 377bladzijden
- 14 uur lezen
Drawing from a rich array of visual and literary material from nineteenth-century Iran, this groundbreaking book rereads and rewrites the history of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality. Peeling away notions of a rigid pre-modern Islamic gender system, Afsaneh Najmabadi provides a compelling demonstration of the centrality of gender and sexuality to the shaping of modern culture and politics in Iran and of how changes in ideas about gender and sexuality affected conceptions of beauty, love, homeland, marriage, education, and citizenship. She concludes with a provocative discussion of Iranian feminism and its role in that country's current culture wars. In addition to providing an important new perspective on Iranian history, Najmabadi skillfully demonstrates how using gender as an analytic category can provide insight into structures of hierarchy and power and thus into the organization of politics and social life.
- 1998
The book explores a pivotal event in 1905 when Iranian women were sold or captured, igniting a national outcry. Following the establishment of the new parliament in 1906, relatives of the victims sought justice, prompting a societal examination of women's rights and the implications of such violence. Najmabadi delves into the reasons behind the incident's profound impact on Iranian society, highlighting themes of gender, power, and the quest for accountability in a rapidly changing political landscape.