Veils and Words: The Emerging Voices of Iranian Women Writers

by Farzaneh Milani

Book Overview

This is the first book in any language about the writing of women in Iran. For centuries any sense that there could be a literary tradition among women was suppressed. Since the middle of the 19th... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815602669
• ISBN13: 9780815602668
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

thoughtfully written insight on the evolution of Persian women writers.....

Dr. Milani, author of "Veils and Words," gives us a glimpse into the plight and challenge of female Persian writers, as a revolution and an evolution in literary growth and self expression. We learn about how it was considered a subversive (and even deadly) artistic form for women. This was just as controversial as removing your veil (or hajab), for men to get a glimpse at your beauty. Women writing was synonymous with promiscuity and corruption. We are so lucky that Dr. Farzanah Milani introduces us to some of the poems (and poets) that brought this revolution to the forefront of Persian culture.

Bravo

Bravo Dr. F. Milani. Highly readable, interesting work