Conceiving citizens : women and the politics of motherhood in Iran / / Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet

• Autore: Kashani-Sabet Firoozeh <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/89155
• Soggetto topico: Women - Social conditions - Iran; Motherhood - Political aspects - Iran; Women - Sexual behavior - Iran; Women - Health and hygiene - Iran
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Hygiene and Citizenship; 1. Healing Iran: Hygiene and Social Change in the Qajar Era; 2. Population Politics: Infant Mortality and the "Crisis" of Midwifery; PART TWO: Marriage, Maternity, and Sexuality; 3. From Celibacy to Companionship: The Evolution of Persian Marriages; 4. Sexual Mores, Social Lives: The Impact of Venereal Disease; 5. Giving Birth: Modern Nursing and Reproductive Politics; 6. Schooling Mothers: Patriotic Education and Women's "Renewal"; 7. Defrocking the Nation: Unveiling and the Politics of Dress ; PART THREE: Politics and Reproduction8. From Mothers to Voters: Suffrage, Literacy, and Family Dynamics; 9. Managing Birth: Family Planning and Health Care; 10. Civil Liberties, Civic Wombs: Women in the Islamic Republic; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: CONCEIVING CITIZENS places women and their role as mothers of the nation as central to the history of Iran during successive regimes in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Titolo autorizzato: Conceiving citizens
• ISBN: 0-19-991316-1; 0-19-971893-8; 0-19-025429-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814358403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II