Women and Politics in Iran : Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling (Hardcover)

Part I. Women in Early Twentieth Century Iran: 1. The Qajar dynasty, patriarchal households, and women; Part II. Women in the Kingdom of the Peacock Throne: 2. The Pahlavi dynasty as a centralizing patriarchy; 3. Economic development and the gender division of labor; 4. The state and gender: repression, reform, and family legislation; 5. Gender and the state; Part III. Women in the Islamic Republic: 6. The 1979 revolution and the restructuring of patriarchy; 7. The gender division of labor; 8. Politics and women's resistance.