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Author:

Farzaneh, Mateo Mohammad, author.

Title:

Iranian women and gender in the Iran-Iraq War / Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xix, 457 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988--Women.
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988--Participation, Female.
Women and war--Iran.
Women in war--Iran--History--20th century.
Women--Iran--History--20th century.
1900-1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Neighborly Scorn -- Iranian Women (1925-1980) -- Women of Khorramshahr and Abadan -- Women of the State -- Home Front Sacrifices -- Participation in Unlikely Places -- Female Prisoners of War -- Women Without Men -- The War Continues Forty Years Later -- Iranian Women and Gender Since the War Ended.

Summary:

"Hundreds of thousands of Iranian women participated in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), yet their significant role has gone unnoticed. Using primary sources, Farzaneh both chronicles the ways in which women participated in the conflict and explores the factors that motivated them to do so"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East

ISBN:

0815637101
9780815637103
0815637020
9780815637028

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1154282781

LCCN:

2020019718

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)