
Politics of Women's Rights in Iran
In The Politics of Women''s Rights in Iran, Arzoo Osanloo explores how Iranian women understand their rights. After the 1979 revolution, Iranian leaders transformed the state into an Islamic republic. At that time, the country''s leaders used a renewed discourse of women''s rights to symbolize a shift away from the excesses of Western liberalism. Osanloo reveals that the postrevolutionary republic...
In The Politics of Women''s Rights in Iran, Arzoo Osanloo explores how Iranian women understand their rights. After the 1979 revolution, Iranian leaders transformed the state into an Islamic republic. At that time, the country''s leaders used a renewed discourse of women''s rights to symbolize a shift away from the excesses of Western liberalism. Osanloo reveals that the postrevolutionary republic...