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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Iranian women"”.
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Iranian Women Unveiled (2020): a documentary film about six Iranian women activists produced in relation to a feminist analysis of the representation of Iranian women in cinema
… project containing a feature-length documentary, Iranian Women Unveiled, and an accompanying written thesis. The documentary is a portrayal of the lives and struggles of six influential Iranian women activists, now living in exile, engaged in a number of areas of political and social activism. …
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The health perspectives of overweight Iranian women: a focus group approach
… weight loss from· the perspective of overweight Iranian women. Of interest also was to get women's feedback on the value of focus group techniques in gathering information from this group. Participants were 18 Iranian women between the ages of 21-49 years old, who lived in the urban area of …
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The Experience of Iranian Women Inter-University Athletes with a Focus on Gender in Sport
This research explores the experiences of Iranian women athletes in inter-university sports, with a particular focus on gender. Utilizing a descriptive, narratively informed approach and the concept of the gender regime, this study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the gendered …
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Revitalising the representation of Iranian women: A critical and creative exploration of gendered identity in the contemporary art of Iran.
Iranian women have been at the centre of many socio-political changes and challenges during the long history of their country. During those changes, the actualisation of their roles has nevertheless been constrained by religiously-based traditions: both ancient and recently-developed. The …
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Negotiating the Politics of Representation in Iranian Women’s Cinema before and after the Islamic Revolution
<p>From Mahvash, the Iranian entertainer who sang and danced coquettishly in numerous Iranian films that were produced before the Islamic revolution of 1979, to the skateboarding vampire girl who makes a feast out of abusive men in Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the …
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Puppet and Parvaneh: Exploring gender bias and artistic anonymity in Iran
… work. It examines the impact of gender bias on Iranian women artists, who often face societal, legal, and cultural constraints that force them into anonymity to protect their safety and freedom. The study looks at issues like gender equality, individual freedom, and the power of art to overthrow …
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Socio-Cultural Challenges to Women’s Solo Domestic Travel Pursuits: A Mini-Ethnographic Case of Iranian Culture
… limitations of domestic solo travel for Muslim Iranian women, focusing on the role of family and friends in the actualization of their trip. Using thematic analysis, the study examines the socio-cultural aspects that limit solo travel, the travel decision-making process for women who travel …
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The Iran I Know as a Woman; Exploring the Boundaries of Literature and Ethnography in Reading Lolita in Tehran and Persepolis
… memories. By a) a historical survey of “Women’s Question” in contemporary Iran, b) studying the life experience of Iranian women who have been involved in the revolution, and c) explaining the theoretical relationship between memoir and ethnography, this thesis argues that Azar Nafisi’s …
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Essays on Women's Empowerment and Economic Development in Iran
This dissertation consists of three essays on women empowerment in Iran. In the first two chapters, we examine the impact of the rapid expansion of electricity to rural areas of Iran after the 1979 revolution on two important determinants of women's empowerment, fertility and female literacy. We …
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Revolutions and 'Rough Cuts': Bodily Technologies for Regulating Sexuality in Contemporary Iran
… "immodest" and "deviant" expressions of men and women. This project concentrates on five unique sites: a popular women's journal, a red-light district, temporary marriage, iconic public statues, and a HIV-AIDS advocacy organization in Tehran. In each site, I identify, compare, and contextualize …
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Writing a feminist ethnography: A comparative analysis of Iranian women's stories of resistance and agency in Iran and America
… against the stigmatization of Middle Eastern women in the West by examining women's experiences of resistance and agency within the diaspora and in Iran. Through a feminist ethnographic analysis of Iranian women's narratives, I work against Western stereotypes as a way to problematize the …
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The Historian’s Daughter (A novel); Monsters and Memory (An essay)
… embodied research to argue that the inclusion of women’s stories, particularly those of trauma and abuse, must be foregrounded in any exploration of cultural and diasporic memory. Drawing primarily on the work of Said (1978, 1993, 1999, 2001), Bhabha (1990, 1994), Caruth (1995), Kuhn (1999), Metta …
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Frames and cuts : post-millennial representations of West Asian female identities
… I examine representations of Afghan and Iranian women in the post-millennial period, against a background of a continually shifting geo-political climate, especially following the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2001. Given the ever-changing topography of media and information …
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A comparison of selected coronary risk factors among Iranian men and women
A comparison study was conducted to determine if Iranian men and women who reside in standard metropolitan statistical area of Washington DC were significantly different regarding five selected modifiable risk factors of coronary heart disease. The selected risk factors were total serum …
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Navigating the (Im)Perfect Performances of Queer Iranian-American Identity
… ramifications that impact the lives of queer Iranians and their families, both within Iran and abroad, challenge many queer of color expectations. Due to stringent cultural and legal influences, Iranian social discourse heavily impacts the family unit and an individual's ability to navigate …
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Effects of social status, religion, and secularization on attitudes toward gender equality among Iranians
Despite efforts to achieve gender equality, women are under-represented and have fewer opportunities than men worldwide. Additionally, there is a disagreement between the West and the Islamic world over gender equality, which is viewed differently in different countries. This study used empirical …
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Facing the conflicts and complicities betweencapitalist modernisation and Islamisation : a study of women’s subjectivities and emancipatorystruggles in Iran
This thesis is concerned with understanding women’s emancipatory struggles and efforts to challenge their secondary status in Iran, but with reference to other Muslim societies in the Middle East. To explore the possibility of women’s emancipation in Iran, the thesis focuses on, firstly, the …
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Conception by egg donation: perceptions, maternal bonding and health practices
… aim of the present thesis is to examine how the Iranian (Eastern) and British (Western) public, as well as mothers (both Iranian and British) who have conceived a child by egg donation, differ in their perceptions of the consequences of children born by egg donation from psychological, social and …
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