... . The Colonial Harem , Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Azari , Farah , 1983 . Women of Iran, The Conflict with Fundamentalist Islam , London: Ithaca Press. Balibar , Etienne , and Immanuel Wallerstein, 1988 . Race, Nation, Class: Les Identités Ambigues , Paris: Editions la...

...Afshin Matin-Asgari © 1994: South Asia Bulletin 1995 Iran: Religious Revolution or Structural Realignment in State Formation? Afshin Matin-Asgari This afternoon I participated in the Senate’s celebra- and analytical frame of reference allows...

...Maziar Behrooz © 1996: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa & the Middle East 1996 The Islamic State and the Crisis of Marja'iyat in Iran Maziar Behrooz Since the 19th century Moslem societies, faced tional doctrine to the extent...

...Amir Arsalan Afkhami © 1999: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa & the Middle East 1999 Defending the Guarded Domain: Epidemics and the Emergence of an International Sanitary Policy in Iran...

...Homa Katouzian © 1998: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa & the Middle East 1998 Problems of Democracy and the Public Sphere in Modern Iran Homa Katouzian To begin with, it would be useful to say a few chaos. words about the main elements...

...Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet © 1998: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa & the Middle East 1998 “City of the Dead”: The Frontier Polemics of Quarantines in the Ottoman Empire and Iran Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet...

...Camron Michael Amin Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 2004 Importing “Beauty Culture” into Iran in the 1920s and 1930s: Mass Marketing Individualism in an Age of Anti- Imperialist Sacrifice CAMRON MICHAEL AMIN...

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... n oent nIa,1906–1911 Iran, in Modernity and Culture, Violence, Revolutionary Revolver: a of Chamber the through Born World A esl eeca a enJyWne’ td fWrdWrI War World of remembrance: study Winter’s and Jay been has beneficial mensely...

... nteDsoreo oamdKhatami Mohammad of Discourse the in Democracy Islamic of Dilemmas Iran: in Modernity Religious...

... documentary captures this contested Comparative quence and his trademark subtly accented voice be- stance as an opportunity to investigate laws pertain- speak a mind that is as critical as ever, the juxtaposi- ing to women’s rights in Iran and to discuss social Studies...

...Alireza Anushiravani Anushiravani’s essay is a historical and critical survey of comparative literature in Iran that discusses its present challenges and potentialities for development in the context of new directions in the field. It is divided into three parts; the first examines the origins...

...Talinn Grigor This essay traces the Persian artistic revival of two separate but interdependent communities: the Parsis of the British Raj and the reformist Muslims and Zoroastrians of Qajar Iran. The two communities, with their own distinct, though at times overlapping, art historical developments...

...Ranin Kazemi This article focuses on one of the most serious cases of famine in Iran in the nineteenth century. Reading through a wide range of contemporary documents, Kazemi uses this episode as a case study to talk about the larger problem of subsistence crises and natural disasters in Iran...

... the empire. The state devoted enormous energy to building active in bordering regions, such as Greece, Bulgaria, and idadi preparatory or secondary level schools to close the gap Iran. Although not as critical, they added to the agony of the left by the Tanzimat-favored rüsdiye advanced primary level...

...Juan R. I. Cole The Provincial Politics of Heresy and Reform in Qajar Iran: Shaykh al-Rais in Shiraz, 1895-1902 Juan R. I. Cole Abu al-Hasan Mirza, known as Shaykh al-Rais (1848- see the Bahai leader Abdul-Baha in Akka, after which he went 1920), has been called the poet laureate...

...Bahram Rajaee Deciphering Iran: The Political Evolution of the Islamic Republic and U.S. Foreign Policy After September 11 Bahram Rajaee In the aftermath of 9/11, the Bush administration competition for political power in Iran today be- has pursued a robust and aggressive foreign...

... Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 24:1 (2004) ring; to the tradition, the culture to which they belong?” To interview Iranian women, Kousha sought the as- (251). In the interview with Ranger, Palmberg discusses sistance of her sisters still living in Iran. They found his...

...A. William Samii The Nation and Its Minorities: Ethnicity, Unity and State Policy in Iran A. William Samii The Iranian constitution has specific provisions lowed by Azeris at 24 percent, Gilakis and Mazanda- guaranteeing equal rights to minorities. They have...

...Milad Odabaei Abstract After Iran's 1979 revolution, the energies that had animated the struggle for a modern Islamic government were partially redirected to the task of the renewal of the Islamic tradition. Paradigmatic of this effort is “the Cultural Revolution” that has sought to combat what...