ABSTRACT
Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy, and the consequences of developments since 1979.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|24 pages
CMS Women Missionaries in Iran, 1891–1934
Attitudes Towards Islam and Muslim Women
chapter 4|19 pages
A Presbyterian Vocation to Reform Gender Relations in Iran
The Career of Annie Stocking Boyce
chapter 6|11 pages
From the Royal Harem to a Post-modern Islamic Society
Some Considerations on Women Prose Writers in Iran from Qajar Times to the 1990s
