Osanloo The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3316-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Osanloo, Arzoo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xvii

INTRODUCTION: Human Rights and Cultural Practice 1

CHAPTER ONE: A Genealogy of "Women's Rights" in Iran 20

CHAPTER TWO: Producing States: Women's Participation and the Dialogics of Rights 42

CHAPTER THREE: Qur'anic Meetings: "Doing the Cultural Work" 75

CHAPTER FOUR: Courting Rights: Rights Talk in Islamico-Civil Family Court 108

CHAPTER FIVE: Practice and Effect: Writing/Righting the Law 138

CHAPTER SIX: Human Rights: The Politics and Prose of Discursive Sites 166

CONCLUSION: "Women's Rights" as Exhibition at the Brink of War 200

APPENDIX: The Iranian Marriage Contract 209

Notes 211

Glossary 227

Bibliography 231

Index 251

Über Autor(innen)

Arzoo Osanloo is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and in Law, Societies, and Justice Program at the University of Washington. Previously, she worked as a human rights attorney, practicing asylum and immigration law.