Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503614246ISBN-10:1503614247UPC:9781503614246Book Category:Religion, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Islam, Gender Studies, Middle EastBook Topic:Rituals & Practice, IranSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC5TDZ70J2
Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran
Following the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in action. Iranians were told to pray, fast, and attend mosques to be true Muslims. The revolution turned questions of what it means to be a true Muslim into a matter of public debate, taken up widely outside the exclusive realm of male clerics and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503614246ISBN-10:1503614247UPC:9781503614246Book Category:Religion, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Islam, Gender Studies, Middle EastBook Topic:Rituals & Practice, IranSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC5TDZ70J2
Niloofar Haeri is Professor of Anthropology and the Program Chair for Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and the author of Sacred Language, Ordinary People (2003), among other works.
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