Story of Daughters of Quchan: Gender and National Memory in Iranian History

by Afsaneh Najmabadi

Book Overview

In 1905, the year preceding the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, Iranian women and girls were sold by needy peasants to pay their taxes, or taken as booty in a raid by Turkoman tribesmen against a village settlement in Northeast Iran. The telling and retelling of the event became a focus for outage and grievance, contributing to both popular mobilizations against autocracy and a constitutional regime. Indeed, the narration of this event took...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815627912
• ISBN13: 9780815627913
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"