LEADER 00000cam a22005537a 4500 001 12272878 003 SE-LIBR 003 LIBRIS 008 110211s2011 xxu | 001 0 eng|c 010 2011005040 020 9780815632788 020 0815632789 041 eng 082 00 891.55099287|222 092 0 891.55|bengelska 100 1 Milani, Farzaneh|4aut 245 10 Words, not swords :|bIranian women writers and the freedom of movement /|cFarzaneh Milani 246 30 Iranian women writers and the freedom of movement 250 1. ed 264 Syracuse, N.Y. :|bSyracuse University Press,|c2011 300 xxiv, 345 p. ;|c24 cm 490 1 Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East 504 Includes bibliographical references (pp. 303-321) and index 504 Includes bibliographical references (pp. 303-321) and index 505 8 Introduction: keeping women in their place -- A legacy of containment -- Enclosed bodies, trapped voices, framed images: the poetics of sex segregation -- The bonds of beauty: immobilizing the ideal woman in Iranian literature -- Pardeh Neshin, or "she who sits behind the screen": the spatial politics of Iranian cinema -- Wings and words -- Badasht and Seneca Falls: Taririh Qurratulayn and Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Icarus reborn: captivity and flight in the work of Forugh Farrokhzad -- The gypsy poet: fluidity and flux in the poetry of Simin Behbahani -- Women on the road: Shahrnush Parsipur and the conference of female birds -- Prisoners awaiting liberation -- Reading and misreading Iranian women in the United States: on abducted daughters, incarcerated girls, and invisible women -- Epilogue: words as ambassadors of peace and beacons of hope 505 0 Introduction: keeping women in their place -- A legacy of containment -- Enclosed bodies, trapped voices, framed images: the poetics of sex segregation -- The bonds of beauty: immobilizing the ideal woman in Iranian literature -- Pardeh Neshin, or "she who sits behind the screen": the spatial politics of Iranian cinema -- Wings and words -- Badasht and Seneca Falls: Taririh Qurratulayn and Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Icarus reborn: captivity and flight in the work of Forugh Farrokhzad -- The gypsy poet: fluidity and flux in the poetry of Simin Behbahani -- Women on the road: Shahrnush Parsipur and the conference of female birds -- Prisoners awaiting liberation -- Reading and misreading Iranian women in the United States: on abducted daughters, incarcerated girls, and invisible women -- Epilogue: words as ambassadors of peace and beacons of hope 599 Dawson 650 0 Persian literature|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism 650 0 Persian literature|xHistory and criticism 650 0 Women authors, Iranian 650 0 Muslim women in literature 650 0 Purdah in literature 650 0 Social control in literature 650 0 Women in literature 650 0 Women in motion pictures 650 0 Women and literature|zIran 650 0 Feminism and literature|zIran 650 7 Litteraturvetenskap|xförfattare|zIran|2kao 650 7 Film|2kao 650 7 Representation|2kao 650 7 Kvinnobilden|2kao 650 7 Kvinnorollen|2kao 650 7 Persisk litteratur|xkvinnliga författare|2sao 650 7 Persisk litteratur|xhistoria|2sao 650 7 Feminism och litteratur|zIran|2sao 653 Dawit Isaak-biblioteket 830 0 Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
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