| Description |
xiv, 363 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| 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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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0520242629 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520242637 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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