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Modernity, sexuality, and ideology in Iran

Talattof, Kamran.

Modernity, sexuality, and ideology in Iran the life and legacy of a popular female artist / [electronic resource] : Kamran Talattof. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 318 p. :) ill. ; - Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East . - Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Academic writing and writing about lives : an introduction -- Modernity, sexuality, and popular culture : Iran's social agony -- Iranian women and public space in the seventies : Shahrzad, a woman of her time -- Seduction, sin, and salvation : spurious sexuality in dance and film -- Shahrzad as a writer : the question of literary modernity -- Social change in Iran and the transforming lives of women artists -- Ideology, sexuality, and sexual agency : an afterword.

9780815651390 0815651392




Saʻīdī, Kubrā.


Ideology--History--Iran--20th century.
Social change--History--Iran--20th century.
Sex--Social aspects--History--Iran--20th century.
Women in popular culture--History--Iran--20th century.
Women dancers--Iran--Biography.
Women artists--Iran--Biography.
Women authors, Iranian--Biography.


Iran--Social conditions--20th century.
Iran--Intellectual life--20th century.


Electronic books.

PK6561.S274 / Z73 2011

700.82/0955