Feminine Visibility in Contemporary Iran

In Feminine Visibility in Contemporary Iran, Esmaeil Zeiny and Seyed Javad Miri collect essays illustrating Iranian women’s roles and movements that led to a breakthrough in societal attitudes towards them.

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In Feminine Visibility in Contemporary Iran: Women, Religion, Culture and the State, Esmaeil Zeiny and Seyed Javad Miri bring together a collection of essays which offer a number of new perspectives on the role and power of Iranian women in refashioning the country’s politics, culture, and religion. This collection threatens the stereotypical representations of Iranian women, and illustrates how high women leapt over the hurdles obstructing their progress and how much they have achieved to renegotiate the roles demanded by Iranian society.