Nazanin Shahrokni
Biographic Data
| ID | 214122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nazanin Shahrokni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nazanin |
| FAMILY NAME | Shahrokni |
| SIGNATURE | SHAHROKNI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3501-0677 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gender and public space
Bodies in Revolt, Challenging the State in Iran
The protests that erupted across Iran in 2022 after the death of a woman arrested for noncompliance with a headscarf requirement were not only about religious dress codes. They were a culmination of years of growing discontent over broader questions involving the place of women in the Islamic Republic and other grievances about the reach of an overbearing state and perceived social and political injustices. The erosion of civil society has made i…
In Her Name
The death of twenty-two-year-old Jîna "Mahsa" Amini, while in the custody of Iran's morality police in the autumn of 2022, sparked nationwide protests throughout Iran. Iranian women came out to the streets in large numbers, performing a revolutionary femininity that defied mandatory veiling and disrupted the state-prescribed order. This article situates these protests in the broader history of women's struggles in post-revolutionary Iran and shed…
Mobilizing pity
In this article we present a case analysis of Sahar Khodayari’s transformation into a global injustice icon, the #BlueGirl, after she set herself ablaze outside a courthouse in Tehran, Iran, allegedly in protest against the ban on women entering football stadiums. We focus on the ways in which ‘pity’ was generated, mobilized, and transformed into indignation against the Iranian state by digital activists. Drawing on the literature on the politics…
Women in Place
The Mothers’ Paradise
Despite Iran’s geopolitical importance and mounting global concerns over its domestic and international practices, the state and its diverse mechanisms of rule have been largely neglected in mainstream sociology. To understand the state’s shifting modality of power between its 1979 establishment and 2009, this paper analyzes the development of women-only parks as a major site of gender segregation. Offering a thorough account of the formation of …
Patriarchal Accommodations
This paper begins from a paradox. In the 1980s and 1990s, women became increasingly mobile, especially in the developing world. Scholars generally attribute this shift to global economic pressure or to the spread of (Western) gender egalitarianism. Yet, in some places, women gained mobility just as local institutions extended policies excluding them or segregating them from men. Here, we look at two such cases: first, how women of Tehran, Iran, b…
The politics of polling
This article focuses on the ways in which opinion polls in Iran were conducted during the 'reform' in Iran (1997-2005). Instead of highlighting the various ways in which polls strategically manipulate, persuade or represent 'the people', the article shows how the specific modes of interpretation of polls enable different kinds of publics. Drawing on the case of the Ayandeh Polling Institute, the author demonstrates how opinion polling in Iran was…
Patriarchal Accommodations
This paper begins from a paradox. In the 1980s and 1990s, women became increasingly mobile, especially in the developing world. Scholars generally attribute this shift to global economic pressure or to the spread of (Western) gender egalitarianism. Yet, in some places, women gained mobility just as local institutions extended policies excluding them or segregating them from men. Here, we look at two such cases: first, how women of Tehran, Iran, b…
The Mothers’ Paradise
Despite Iran’s geopolitical importance and mounting global concerns over its domestic and international practices, the state and its diverse mechanisms of rule have been largely neglected in mainstream sociology. To understand the state’s shifting modality of power between its 1979 establishment and 2009, this paper analyzes the development of women-only parks as a major site of gender segregation. Offering a thorough account of the formation of …
Gender and public space
Mobilizing pity
In this article we present a case analysis of Sahar Khodayari’s transformation into a global injustice icon, the #BlueGirl, after she set herself ablaze outside a courthouse in Tehran, Iran, allegedly in protest against the ban on women entering football stadiums. We focus on the ways in which ‘pity’ was generated, mobilized, and transformed into indignation against the Iranian state by digital activists. Drawing on the literature on the politics…
The politics of polling
This article focuses on the ways in which opinion polls in Iran were conducted during the 'reform' in Iran (1997-2005). Instead of highlighting the various ways in which polls strategically manipulate, persuade or represent 'the people', the article shows how the specific modes of interpretation of polls enable different kinds of publics. Drawing on the case of the Ayandeh Polling Institute, the author demonstrates how opinion polling in Iran was…
The Mothers’ Paradise
Despite Iran’s geopolitical importance and mounting global concerns over its domestic and international practices, the state and its diverse mechanisms of rule have been largely neglected in mainstream sociology. To understand the state’s shifting modality of power between its 1979 establishment and 2009, this paper analyzes the development of women-only parks as a major site of gender segregation. Offering a thorough account of the formation of …
Patriarchal Accommodations
This paper begins from a paradox. In the 1980s and 1990s, women became increasingly mobile, especially in the developing world. Scholars generally attribute this shift to global economic pressure or to the spread of (Western) gender egalitarianism. Yet, in some places, women gained mobility just as local institutions extended policies excluding them or segregating them from men. Here, we look at two such cases: first, how women of Tehran, Iran, b…
Women in Place
Mobilizing pity
In this article we present a case analysis of Sahar Khodayari’s transformation into a global injustice icon, the #BlueGirl, after she set herself ablaze outside a courthouse in Tehran, Iran, allegedly in protest against the ban on women entering football stadiums. We focus on the ways in which ‘pity’ was generated, mobilized, and transformed into indignation against the Iranian state by digital activists. Drawing on the literature on the politics…
In Her Name
The death of twenty-two-year-old Jîna "Mahsa" Amini, while in the custody of Iran's morality police in the autumn of 2022, sparked nationwide protests throughout Iran. Iranian women came out to the streets in large numbers, performing a revolutionary femininity that defied mandatory veiling and disrupted the state-prescribed order. This article situates these protests in the broader history of women's struggles in post-revolutionary Iran and shed…
Bodies in Revolt, Challenging the State in Iran
The protests that erupted across Iran in 2022 after the death of a woman arrested for noncompliance with a headscarf requirement were not only about religious dress codes. They were a culmination of years of growing discontent over broader questions involving the place of women in the Islamic Republic and other grievances about the reach of an overbearing state and perceived social and political injustices. The erosion of civil society has made i…
Gender and public space
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Islam (3 works)