Outlines how Tehran's social spaces were transformed by shifting discourses and practices from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

Bibliographische Detailangaben

1. Verfasser:	Rezvani-Naraghi, Ashkan ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:	The global Middle East 22
Schlagworte:	Electronic books
Online-Zugang:	TUM01
Zusammenfassung:	Outlines how Tehran's social spaces were transformed by shifting discourses and practices from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Segmented Society and the Social Production of Communal Spaces -- Nineteenth-Century Iranian Urban Society and the Communal Sphere -- Communal Life and Spaces Based on Religious Practices -- Muharram and the Formation of Takīyyihs -- Communal Life in Tehran during the Month of Ramadan -- Non-religious Practices and Communal Spaces -- Coffeehouses -- Bathhouses -- Traditional Gymnasiums, or Zūrkhānihs -- Women's Havens in the Patriarchal Landscape -- Conclusion -- 2 Segmented Society and Spaces of Political Mobilization -- The Public Sphere: Universal or Contextual? -- From the Public Sphere to Public Space -- Political Players on the Verge of the Constitutional Revolution -- Constitutional Revolution and the Events of 1905-6 -- From Communal to Public: The Street-less Revolution -- The Impact of Newspapers, Anjumans, and the Parliament -- Anjumans: The Medium between the Communal and Public Spheres -- Newspapers and Public Opinion -- Political Public Spaces in the Post-Revolution Era -- Iranian Women and the Redefinition of the Public Sphere and Political Public Space -- Conclusion -- 3 Iranian Travelers and the Production of Spatial Knowledge -- Iranian Travelers and Their Travelogues -- The City and the Persian Gaze -- A New Spatial Order -- Public-Private Relationships -- The Feminine City -- Power and the City -- New Functions, a New Temporality -- Silences -- Conclusion -- 4 The Qajar Court and the City Spatial Strategies of the State in the Nineteenth Century -- Spatial Commodification and the 1870s Expansion of Tehran -- Cholera Outbreaks and Spatial Bureaucratization -- Spatial Strategies of the Qajar Court before the Expansion of Tehran.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (490 pages)
ISBN:	9781009188906