(Ebook) Iranian Masculinities: Gender and Sexuality in Late Qajar and Early Pahlavi Iran by Sivan Balslev ISBN 9781108470636, 1108470637

(Ebook) Iranian Masculinities: Gender and Sexuality in Late Qajar and Early Pahlavi Iran by Sivan Balslev ISBN 9781108470636, 1108470637

The transition from Qajar rule in Iran (c.1789–1925) to that of rule
by the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979) set in motion a number of shifts in
the political, social, and cultural realms. Focusing on masculinity in
Iran, this book interweaves ideas and perceptions, laws, political
movements, and men's practices to spotlight the role men as gendered
subjects played in Iranian history. It shows how men under the reign of
Reza Shah dressed, acted, spoke, and thought differently from their late
Qajar period counterparts. Furthermore, it highlights how the notion of
being a "proper Iranian man" changed over these decades. Demonstrating
how an emerging elite of western-educated men constructed and promoted a
new model of masculinity as part of their struggle for political,
social, and cultural hegemony, Balslev shows how this new model reflects
wider developments in Iranian society at the time including the rise of
Iranian nationalism and the country's modernisation process.

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• An in-depth exploration of the role masculinity played in Iranian history
  
• Re-examines nationalism, modernisation and westernisation in Iran, through this lens of masculinity
  
• Draws on a wide variety of sources, including visual sources