The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860-1979

by Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor

With this book, Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor offer the first history of Armenian women in modern Iran. Foregrounding the work of Armenian women's organizations, the authors trace minoritarian politics and the shifting relationships among doubly minoritized Armenian female subjects, Iran's central nodes of power, and the Irano-Armenian patriarchal institutions of church and political parties.

Engaging broader considerations around modernization,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503629414
• ISBN13: 9781503629417
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 418 Pages