Women
in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800
Edited
by Guity Nashat and Lois Beck
Combining
scholarship from a range of disciplines, this
collection of essays is a comprehensive
examination of the role of women in Iranian
society and culture, from pre-Islamic times to
1800. The contributors challenge common
assumptions about women in Iran and Islam.
Sweeping away modern myths, these essays show
that women have had significant influence in
almost every area of Iranian life.
Focusing
on a region wider than today's nation-state of
Iran, this book explores developments in the
spheres that most affect women: gender
constructs, family structure, community roles,
education, economic participation, Islamic
practices and institutions, politics, and
artistic representations.
The
contributors to this volume are among the most
prominent international scholars working in this
field, and each draws on decades of research to
address the history of Iranian women within the
context of his or her area of expertise. This
broad framework allows for a thorough and nuanced
examination of the history of a complex society.
A
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2005.
Guity
Nashat is an associate professor of history
at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is
the author of The Origins of Modern Reform in
Iran, 1870-1880, the editor of Women and
Revolution in Iran, and the coauthor of Women
in the Middle East and North Africa.
Lois Beck
is a professor of anthropology at Washington
University in St. Louis. She is the author of Nomad:
A Year in the Life of a Qashqa'i Tribesman in
Iran and The Qashqa'i of Iran and
coeditor of Women in the Muslim World.
October
2003
272 pages. 6 x 9 inches. 12 photographs.
Cloth, ISBN 0-252-02839-2. $43.00
Paper, ISBN 0-252-07121-2. $19.00
Women's Studies / Middle Eastern Studies /
Religion / Anthropology
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