LEADER 04655nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910781707303321 005 20230620201834.0 010 $a0-8156-5139-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000052634 035 $a(OCoLC)759158748 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10493611 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000539224 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369656 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539224 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10570466 035 $a(PQKB)10475078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3410046 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3677 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3410046 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10493611 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL945759 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000052634 100 $a20110304d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aModernity, sexuality, and ideology in Iran $ethe life and legacy of a popular female artist /$fKamran Talattof 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aSyracuse, N.Y. :$cSyracuse University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 318 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aModern intellectual and political history of the Middle East 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8156-3224-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcademic writing and writing about lives : an introduction -- Modernity, sexuality, and popular culture : Iran's social agony -- Iranian women and public space in the seventies : Shahrzad, a woman of her time -- Seduction, sin, and salvation : spurious sexuality in dance and film -- Shahrzad as a writer : the question of literary modernity -- Social change in Iran and the transforming lives of women artists -- Ideology, sexuality, and sexual agency : an afterword. 330 $aIn Iran, since the mid-nineteenth century, one issue has been a common concern: how should Iran become modern? More than a century of struggle for or against modernity has constituted much of the social, political, and cultural history of the country. In the decades since the 1979 Revolution, the question has become even more critical. In Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran, Talattof finds that the process of modernity never truly unfolded, due in large part to Iran's reluctance to embrace the seminal subjects of gender and sexuality. Talattof's approach reflects a unique look at modernity as not only advances in industry and economy but also advances toward an open, intellectual discourse on sexuality. Exploring the life and times of Shahrzad, a dancer, actress, filmmaker, and poet, Talattof illuminates the country's struggle with modernity and the ideological, traditional, and religious resistance against it. Born in 1946, she performed in several theater productions, became an acclaimed film star in the 1970s, and pursued a career as a journalist and poet. Following the revolution, she was imprisoned and eventually became homeless on the streets of Tehran. Her success and eventual decline as a female artist and entertainer illustrate the conflict between modernity and tradition and Iran's failure to embrace an overt expression of sexuality. Talattof also profiles several other female artists of the 1970s, analyzing their lives and work as windows through which to examine what Iranian culture allowed and what it repudiated. 410 0$aModern intellectual and political history of the Middle East. 517 1 $aModernity, sexuality, and ideology in Iran :$ethe life and legacy of popular female artists 606 $aWomen authors, Iranian$vBiography 606 $aWomen artists$zIran$vBiography 606 $aWomen dancers$zIran$vBiography 606 $aWomen in popular culture$zIran$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSex$xSocial aspects$zIran$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial change$zIran$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aIdeology$zIran$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aIran$xIntellectual life$y20th century 607 $aIran$xSocial conditions$y20th century 615 0$aWomen authors, Iranian 615 0$aWomen artists 615 0$aWomen dancers 615 0$aWomen in popular culture$xHistory 615 0$aSex$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 615 0$aIdeology$xHistory 676 $a700.82/0955 700 $aTalattof$b Kamran$0672758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781707303321 996 $aModernity, sexuality, and ideology in Iran$93695743 997 $aUNINA