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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Middle East history"”.
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Luti Masculinity in Iranian Modernity, 1785-1941: Marginalization and the Anxieties of Proper Masculine Comportment
<p>This paper offers a genealogy of changing conceptualizations and performances of masculinity in 19<sup>th</sup> and early to mid-20<sup>th</sup> century Iran, and examines in particular a unique group of masculine subjects known as the <em>lutis</em>. The first component of the analysis traces …
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Liberal Translations: Secular Concepts, Law, and Religion in Colonial Egypt
<p>This dissertation is a conceptual history of Egypt’s national formation between the 1880s and the 1930s. This period involved the convergence of nationalism, colonial rule, missionary activity, and new modes of governance at the national and international levels. Drawing on state and missionary …
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Imagining Kurdish Identity in Mandatory Syria: Finding a Nation in Exile
… princely Kurdish family from the Botan region in Eastern Anatolia, the Bedirkhan brothers initiated a Kurdish cultural movement in exile following the failure of two armed rebellions against the new Turkish Republic in 1925 and 1930. Central to this cultural movement was the publication of …