Creating the Modern Iranian Woman

Popular Culture between Two Revolutions

Liora Hendelman-Baavur author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Oct '21

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A fresh look at Iranian popular culture and women's role within this prior to the 1979 Revolution.

This examination of the Iranian popular culture and women's role within this challenges familiar western assumptions about the complexities of Iranian popular culture. Presenting a wealth of information drawn from a diverse set of sources, it situates Iranian women's magazines within their broader economic, social, political and cultural context.Between the 1963 'White Revolution' and the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the position of women in Iran experienced a number of fundamental shifts. Policies and reforms were introduced, including land, suffrage, education and dress reforms which the Pahlavi regime claimed would advance the position of women and would lead to a swift modernisation of the country. In this book, Liora Hendelman-Baavur examines these changes, looking at the interactions between global aspects of modernity and notions of identity in Iranian popular culture. By focusing on the history of Iran's popular print media, with emphasis on women's commercial magazines, Hendelman-Baavur challenges familiar western assumptions about the complexities of Iranian popular culture. Her analysis situates Iranian women's magazines within their broader economic, social, political and cultural context, demonstrating how representations of the modern woman in Iranian popular culture were influenced by the intricate nature of cultural contact and exchange between Iran and the West.

ISBN: 9781108726931

Dimensions: 228mm x 151mm x 17mm

Weight: 500g

340 pages