This thesis examines the state of Islamic feminism in Iran through Iranian fiction and film and supporting Islamic texts. In this study I shall examine Dariush Mehrjui?s Leila, Tahminah Milani?s The Hidden Half, and Shahrnush Parsipur?s Women Without Men, along with Azar Nafisi?s Reading Lolita In Tehran in order to limn the tension of female experience and female oppression in a religiously controlled environment and the innate desire for intellectual, emotional, and physical freedom. Though they do not speak for all women, these three works do offer a compelling breadth of the female experience in Iran. I shall likewise examine the complexities of the experience of female oppression in Iran. Through the examination of these works, a conversation begins in which begins with the fact of female oppression and ends with possibilities for female freedom, a freedom that comes from writing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NCSU/oai:NCSU:etd-03182007-144619 |
| Date | 16 April 2007 |
| Creators | Crowder, Melissa Ann |
| Contributors | Deborah Hooker, Larysa Mykyta, Sheila Smith McKoy |
| Publisher | NCSU |
| Source Sets | North Carolina State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03182007-144619/ |
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