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Silent no longer
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Iranian memoir as Islamic feminism
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Rautzhan
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Morgan D.
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1984-
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Morgan Rautzhan
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author
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Habib
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M.A.R.
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M.A.R. Habib
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Singley
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Carol J
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Carol J Singley
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Advisory Committee
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co-chair
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Rutgers University
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degree grantor
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Camden Graduate School
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theses
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2012
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2012-05
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xx
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eng
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This thesis explores Iranian memoirs as an Islamic feminist space. It details a brief history of Iran 1900-present, an exploration of Islam and its importance to women’s rights and the development, and lack there of, with reference to women’s roles in Iranian society throughout the past 100 years. The work argues that these memoirs create a space, much like western autobiographies, in which women can tell their stories and therefore create a history of their own through the pages of the memoir. This thesis assesses the differences between eastern and western feminist thought through examining the burgeoning discipline of Islamic feminism. The importance of understanding women’s roles in Islamic society through the lens of Islamic feminism, which is inherently more culturally sensitive to Iranian culture, is the foundation of this work. By exploring the memoir as a platform for Iranian female expression the goal of this work is to expound upon the definition of memoir, to allow the memoir to be seen as academic within the discipline of literature. Each section of this thesis explores parts of the history and development of Iran and its women. Breaking down women’s rights into public and private space, the interaction of men and women, education of women, historical development of the rights of women, the defining characteristics of Islamic feminism, what makes these memoirs literary in nature and finally dealing with the three memoirs in the all aforementioned contexts. Concluding the thesis with the argument that these memoirs allow Iranian women to become a part of history in their own context, and to hold onto the Iran that they love through their own words and memories in the pages of their memoirs.
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English
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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electronic resource
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Supplementary File: Title Page
Extent
iii, 61 p.
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Includes vita
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by Morgan D. Rautzhan
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Autobiography--Women authors
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Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam
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Feminism--Iran--Biography
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10005600001.ETD.000064986
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Camden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3TX3DBF
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ETD graduate
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Rautzhan
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Morgan
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Permission or license
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2012-05-04 22:28:36
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Morgan Rautzhan
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Rutgers University. Camden Graduate School
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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