| Collation |
xiv, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Beauty, love, and sexuality: early Qajar -- Beauty, love, and sexuality: nineteenth-century transformations -- The eclipse of the (fe)male sun -- Vatan, the beloved: Vatan, the mother -- Women's veil and unveil -- The tragedy of romantic marriage -- Crafting an educated wife and mother -- Women or wives of the nation? -- Epilogue: feminism and its burden of birth. |
| Subject |
Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Gender identity -- Iran -- History.
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| ISBN |
0520242629 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520242637 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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