Iranian Studies

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1. Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran

   Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era

   By Pamela Karimi

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Iran

   Politics, History and Literature

   By Homa Katouzian

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book offers a view of Iran through politics, history and literature, showing how the three angles combine. Iran, being a revolutionary society, experienced two great revolutions within the short span of just seventy years, from the 1900s to the 1970s. Both were massive revolts of the society...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Iranian-Russian Encounters

   Empires and Revolutions since 1800

   Edited by Stephanie Cronin

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Over the past two hundred years, encounters between Iran and Russia have been both rich and complex. This book explores the myriad dimensions of the Iranian-Russian encounter during a dramatic period which saw both Iran and Russia subject to revolutionary upheavals and transformed from...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. Social Movements in Iran

   Environmentalism and Civil Society

   By Simin Fadaee

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Despite the growing significance of social movements worldwide, scholarship on the subject remains largely Western in nature, with studies written primarily by Western scholars and based on the experiences of Western cultures and societies. This book makes an important contribution to the study of...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam

   Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion

   By Todd Lawson

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Of the several works on the rise and development of the Babi movement, especially those dealing with the life and work of its founder, Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, few deal directly with the compelling and complex web of mysticism, theology and philosophy found in his earliest compositions. This...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
6. City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran

   Shiraz, History and Poetry

   By Setrag Manoukian

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book presents a cultural history of modern Iran from the point of view of Shiraz, a city famous for its poetry and its traditions of scholarship. Exploring the relationship among history, poetry and politics, the book analyses how Shiraz came to be defined as the country’s cultural capital,...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
7. Domestic Violence in Iran

   Women, Marriage and Islam

   By Zahra Tizro

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book offers a new methodological and theoretical approach to the highly sensitive and complicated issue of violence against women in contemporary Iran. Challenging the widespread notion that secularisation and modernisation are the keys to emancipating women, the author instead posits that...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
8. Gender in Contemporary Iran

   Pushing the Boundaries

   Edited by Roksana Bahramitash, Eric Hooglund

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book examines gender and the dynamics of social change in contemporary Iran, documenting the changes in women’s lives and showing how women have now become agents of social change rather than victims. Bringing together the detailed primary research of a number of eminent scholars working in...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
9. Sadeq Hedayat

   His Work and his Wondrous World

   Edited by Homa Katouzian

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Featuring contributions from leading scholars of Iranian studies and / or comparative literature, this edited comprehensive and critical edited collection provides detailed scholarly analysis of Hedayat's life and work using a variety of methodological and conceptual approaches. Hedayat...

   Published March 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. New Perspectives on Safavid Iran

    Empire and Society

    Edited by Colin P. Mitchell

    Series: Iranian Studies

    Dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, this book brings together a collection of studies on the Safavid state of Iran (1501-1722) from the perspectives of political, social, literary, and artistic history. Savory, a doyen of Safavid studies in the 1960s and 1970s, was...

    Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge