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Women: the Damned of the Iranian Revolution

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Caught up in Conflict

Part of the book series: Women in Society ((WOSO))

Abstract

What happens to women in a harsh and uncompromising Islamic nation when a modernising dictator is replaced by a religious despot? How do women feel, especially those from the strictest religious families, when repression is carried out in the name of Islam itself? Why are Iranian women, who took part in such massive numbers in the revolution, now becoming society’s most powerful opposition to the regime which they welcomed with so much rejoicing in 1979?

Oh, Allah, in loving You We trust that You will protect our children And not have them slain. (Slogan of Iranian women)

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Authors
  1. Homa Nategh
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Wolfson College, Oxford, UK

    Rosemary Ridd (Social anthropologist and member) (Social anthropologist and member)

  2. Cross-Cultural Research on Women, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, UK

    Helen Callaway (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

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© 1986 Homa Nategh

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Nategh, H. (1986). Women: the Damned of the Iranian Revolution. In: Ridd, R., Callaway, H. (eds) Caught up in Conflict. Women in Society. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18380-7_3

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