Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran: The Life and Legacy of a Popular Female Artist

by Kamran Talattof

Book Overview

In Iran, since the mid-nineteenth century, one issue has been a common concern: how should Iran become modern? More than a century of struggle for or against modernity has constituted much of the social, political, and cultural history of the country. In the decades since the 1979 Revolution, the question has become even more critical. In Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran, Talattof finds that the process of modernity never truly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081563224X
• ISBN13: 9780815632245
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"