Azam Torab
Biographic Data
| ID | 200642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Azam Torab |
| GIVEN NAMES | Azam |
| FAMILY NAME | Torab |
| SIGNATURE | TORAB A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bridge University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Conditional Gifts for the Saints: “Gift” and “Commodity” as Gender Metaphors in Shi’a Ritual Practices in Iran
Performing Islam: Gender and Ritual in Iran
"Performing Islam takes as its main focus the rich array of ceremonial activities that shape and inform the lives of circles of women in south Tehran. Based on anthropological fieldwork, the book describes and analyses rituals that mark religious anniversaries and life course events in Iran today. Arguing that the ritual performances are powerful forums where ideas develop, and where rules, symbols and discourses are contested, this book discusse…
Women and Islamization; Contemporary Dimensions of Discourse on Gender Relations
Women and Islamization; Contemporary Dimensions of Discourse on Gender Relations. Karin Ask and Marit Tjomsland. eds. Oxford: Berg, 1998. vii +199 pp., index
Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East
Piety as Gendered Agency: A Study of Jalaseh Ritual Discourse in an Urban Neighbourhood in Iran
C'est au cours des assemblees pour la priere que les femmes pieuses de Teheran interpretent et transforment les schemas dominants de la pensee musulmane sur la difference sexuelle et l'identite de genre. Partant du principe que les individus interpretent et realisent leur identite a partir de leur experience vecue et en fonction du contexte social dans lequel ils se trouvent engages, l'A. voit la constitution de l'individu comme un phenomene mult…
Piety as Gendered Agency: A Study of Jalaseh Ritual Discourse in an Urban Neighbourhood in Iran
C'est au cours des assemblees pour la priere que les femmes pieuses de Teheran interpretent et transforment les schemas dominants de la pensee musulmane sur la difference sexuelle et l'identite de genre. Partant du principe que les individus interpretent et realisent leur identite a partir de leur experience vecue et en fonction du contexte social dans lequel ils se trouvent engages, l'A. voit la constitution de l'individu comme un phenomene mult…
Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East
Piety as Gendered Agency: A Study of Jalaseh Ritual Discourse in an Urban Neighbourhood in Iran
C'est au cours des assemblees pour la priere que les femmes pieuses de Teheran interpretent et transforment les schemas dominants de la pensee musulmane sur la difference sexuelle et l'identite de genre. Partant du principe que les individus interpretent et realisent leur identite a partir de leur experience vecue et en fonction du contexte social dans lequel ils se trouvent engages, l'A. voit la constitution de l'individu comme un phenomene mult…
Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East
Women and Islamization; Contemporary Dimensions of Discourse on Gender Relations
Women and Islamization; Contemporary Dimensions of Discourse on Gender Relations. Karin Ask and Marit Tjomsland. eds. Oxford: Berg, 1998. vii +199 pp., index
Performing Islam: Gender and Ritual in Iran
"Performing Islam takes as its main focus the rich array of ceremonial activities that shape and inform the lives of circles of women in south Tehran. Based on anthropological fieldwork, the book describes and analyses rituals that mark religious anniversaries and life course events in Iran today. Arguing that the ritual performances are powerful forums where ideas develop, and where rules, symbols and discourses are contested, this book discusse…
Conditional Gifts for the Saints: “Gift” and “Commodity” as Gender Metaphors in Shi’a Ritual Practices in Iran
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)