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Sexual politics in modern iran
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- Creator
- Janet Afary
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780511815249, 9780521898461, 0521727081, 9780521727082, 0521898463
- OCLC
- ocn309835093
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-410) and index.
- Part 1. Premodern practices : Formal marriage -- Salve concubinage, temporary marriage, and harem wives -- Class, status-defined homosexuality, and rituals of courtship -- Part 2. Toward a Westernized modernity : On the road to an ethos of monogamous, heterosexual marriage -- Redefining purity, unveiling bodies, and shifting desires -- Imperialist politics, romantic love, and the impasse over women's suffrage -- Suffrage, marriage reforms, and the threat of female sexuality -- The rise of leftist guerrilla organizations and Islamist movements -- Part 3. Forging an Islamist modernity and beyond : The Islamic Revolution, its sexual economy, and the Left -- Islamist women and the emergence of Islamic feminism -- Birth control, female sexual awakening, and the gay lifestyle -- Conclusion: toward a new Muslim-Iranian sexuality for the twenty-first century