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  1. Domesticity and consumer culture in Iran
    interior revolutions of the modern era
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Routledge, London [u.a.]

    "Exploring the process of Iran's modernization through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Pamela Karimi demonstrates the extent to which the Iranian house has served as the place of encounter with the "other" and of reconsideration... more

     

    "Exploring the process of Iran's modernization through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Pamela Karimi demonstrates the extent to which the Iranian house has served as the place of encounter with the "other" and of reconsideration of the nation as "home." Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran examines the interplay between native aspirations, foreign influences, gender roles, consumer culture and women's education as they intersect with taste, fashion, domestic architecture and interior design in modern Iran. Throughout, ideas of consumer culture and gender are at its core, but other important socio-political subjects are examined in order to view Iran's modernization through the prism of its people's private lives. Presenting a new perspective on the 1979 Iranian revolution, re-read vis--̉vis the opinions of Shiite religious scholars, the Left, and the revolutionary elites , this book demonstrates how Iranians have contested the public-private dichotomy as manifested in the Islamic Republic's texts, images, and actual physical spaces"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780415781831; 0415781833; 9780203072905
    RVK Categories: LC 11365
    Series: Iranian studies ; 16
    Subjects: œaCultureœxEconomic aspectsœzIran; œaArchitecture and societyœzIran; œaInterior decorationœxHuman factorsœzIran; œaIranœxSocial conditions; œaIranœxEconomic conditions
    Scope: XVII, 258 S., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., 24 cm
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    Literaturverz. S. [224] - 247

  2. Domesticity and consumer culture in Iran
    interior revolutions of the modern era
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Routledge, New York

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780415781831; 9780203072905
    RVK Categories: LC 11365
    Series: Iranian studies ; 16
    Subjects: Wirtschaft; Culture / Economic aspects / Iran; Architecture and society / Iran; Interior decoration / Human factors / Iran; Wohnen; Häuslichkeit <Motiv>; Verbrauch; Sachkultur
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 258 S.)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    "Exploring the process of Iran's modernization through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Pamela Karimi demonstrates the extent to which the Iranian house has served as the place of encounter with the "other" and of reconsideration of the nation as "home." Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran examines the interplay between native aspirations, foreign influences, gender roles, consumer culture and women's education as they intersect with taste, fashion, domestic architecture and interior design in modern Iran. Throughout, ideas of consumer culture and gender are at its core, but other important socio-political subjects are examined in order to view Iran's modernization through the prism of its people's private lives. Presenting a new perspective on the 1979 Iranian revolution, re-read vis--̉vis the opinions of Shiite religious scholars, the Left, and the revolutionary elites , this book demonstrates how Iranians have contested the public-private dichotomy as manifested in the Islamic Republic's texts, images, and actual physical spaces"--