This book illuminates the underexamined histories and lived experiences of Bahá'í women in Iran, tracing their engagement with structures of exclusion, resistance, and social transformation from the nineteenth century to the present. Situating these narratives within the longue durée of Iranian sociopolitical change, the book explores how religious marginalization and gendered inequality intersect to shape both constraints and possibilities for agency.
Combining historical analysis with close attention to lived experience, this study foregrounds voices that have remained largely absent from both nationalist historiography and dominant feminist accounts. In doing so, it highlights how Bahá'í women have negotiated complex forms of belonging while contributing to broader processes of social and political change, including those reflected in the contemporary Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
By placing these experiences in dialogue with debates on social movements, minority rights, and political participation, the book offers a nuanced rethinking of agency under conditions of constraint. Both analytically rigorous and accessible, this work will engage scholars of gender and Middle Eastern studies while inviting a wider readership to reconsider the role of marginalized actors in shaping modern Iran.
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Minority Women and Agency in Iran
The Unyielding Voices of the Baha’i Community
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eBook - ePub
Minority Women and Agency in Iran
The Unyielding Voices of the Baha’i Community
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface: The Journey That Led to This Book
- Introduction: Beyond the Veil: The Role of the “Other” in Iranian Society Since the Islamic Revolution
- 1 Research Methodology and Theoretical Foundations
- 2 From Oppression to Emancipation: Bahá’í Women and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran
- 3 Enduring Persecution: The Iranian Bahá’í Community’s Struggle Since the Mid-1800s
- 4 “Unyielding Voices”: Narratives of Bahá’í Women Post-Islamic Revolution
- 5 Concluding Through Self-Reflection
- Index
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