Female Bodies and Sexuality in Iran and the Search for Defiance (eBook)

Nafiseh Sharifi (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XI, 197 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-60976-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book uses storytelling as an analytical tool for following wider social attitude changes towards sex and female sexuality in Iran. Women born in 1950s Iran grew up during the peak of secularization and modernization, whereas those born in the 1980s were raised under the much stricter rules of the Islamic Republic. Using extensive ethnographic research, the author juxtaposes narratives of body and sexuality shared by these different generations of women, showing the intricate ways in which women construct and convey meanings and communicate their emotions about the unspoken aspects of their lives.

Nafiseh Sharifi is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. 

Inhalt

1. IntroductionBackground of the Context: The Two Generations Youth, Sexuality and the Islamic StateResearch Method and Fieldwork Encounters The Interview Process The Issue of Trust and Confidentiality Positionality Mapping the Fieldwork2. Conceptual FrameworkIntroductionThe Emerging Concern: Demystifying Women’s Passive SubordinationPower and Resistance FrameworkThe Limits of Binary Analysis: Redefining Resistance and Agency3. Learning SexualityIntroductionPopulation Policies and the Topic of SexGlobalised Media: New Sources of Learning Sexuality The Question of ‘Normality’The Post-Revolutionary Discourse of Sexuality The Religious Discourse and Women’s Perception of Sex Combining Hadith with ScienceConclusion4. Narratives of VirginityIntroductionSocialising Women about VirginityThe Social Aspects of Virginity Virginity as a Bargaining ToolLosing Virginity: The Younger Generation’s ExperienceConfirming Bride’s Virginity and Changes in Social Customs The Blood-Stained ‘Dastmâl’ The ‘Bride’s Health Certificate’Hymen-Repair Surgeries and Fake VirginityConclusion5. Narratives of MenstruationIntroductionMenstrual Body The Construction of ShameMedicalizing Menstruation: Knowledge versus Tradition Menarche and the Ritual of Slapping Naturalizing MenstruationKeeping the SecretAppropriating RestrictionsConclusion6. Narratives of MarriageIntroductionDifferent Approaches, Different Expectations Marriage in Time of the Revolution Politicised Widowhood and Marital RelationsFamily and Marriage ArrangementsMarriage for Post-Revolutionary GenerationsTemporary MarriageDivorceConclusion7. ConclusionContextualising Women’s Narratives of Sexuality in Iran and its Theoretical ImplicationsMoving Beyond the Binary of Resistance/Subordination

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 197 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Agency • Female Bodies and Sexuality in Iran • Female Embodiment • Female Sexuality in the Middle East • Gender in the Middle East • Iranian Women • narrative • Religion and Gender • Religion and Sexuality • Religion and Society • resistance • Sexual behaviour
• ISBN-10: 3-319-60976-9 / 3319609769
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-60976-8 / 9783319609768