Revolutionary bodies: technologies of gender, sex, and self in contemporary Iran

Breasts, Hands and Faces : Gazing at Iran's Mediascape -- Red-Lights in Parks : a Social History of Park-E Razi -- Post-Revolutionary 'Prostitution' and its Discontents -- Naked Modesty and the Reformation of Statues in Post-Revolutionary Iran -- HIV/AIDS and the Problem of 'Tabo...

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Main Author: Batmanghelichi, K. S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2022
Edition:Paperback edition
Series:Suspensions
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Breasts, Hands and Faces : Gazing at Iran's Mediascape -- Red-Lights in Parks : a Social History of Park-E Razi -- Post-Revolutionary 'Prostitution' and its Discontents -- Naked Modesty and the Reformation of Statues in Post-Revolutionary Iran -- HIV/AIDS and the Problem of 'Taboos' Talking
"Gender and sexuality in modern Iran is frequently examined through the prism of nationalist symbols and religious discourse. Batmanghelichi interrogates how normative ideas of women's bodies in state, religious, and public health have resulted in the female body being deemed as immodest and taboo. This book brings much needed research to the discourse around bodily technologies"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite [207]-233
Physical Description:xi, 239 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781350195387

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