Female Bodies and Sexuality in Iran and the Search for Defiance

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.

List of contents

1. Introduction .- 2. Conceptual Framework .- 3. Learning Sexuality .- 4. Narratives of Virginity .- 5. Narratives of Menstruation .- 6. Narratives of Marriage .- 7. Conclusion.

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Nafiseh Sharifi
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9783319609751
• ISBN: 978-3-31-960975-1
• No. of pages: 197
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 217 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 410 g
• Illustrations: XI, 197 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; B, Gender Studies, Sociology of Religion, Sociology, History: specific events & topics, Middle East, Political science & theory, auseinandersetzen, Political History, Religious issues & debates, Political Science and International Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, World Politics, Religion and sociology, Middle East—Politics and government, Middle Eastern Politics, Psychology of gender, Religion and Society, Sexual psychology, Sexual Behavior, Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Religion and Gender, Gender identity—Religious aspects