Afsaneh Rostami

Biographic Data

ID6295704
NAMEAfsaneh Rostami
GIVEN NAMESAfsaneh
FAMILY NAMERostami
SIGNATUREROSTAMI A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Tehran
ORCID0009-0004-1185-6207
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Intersectionality and Female Solo Travel

    Open AccessAfsaneh Rostami, Gary Daniels et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnic and Cultural…2026

    Female solo travel has emerged as a significant sociocultural phenomenon, frequently associated with personal growth, independence, and empowerment. In contexts where gender norms and mobility rights are severely constrained, however, travel solo takes on additional meanings and constraints. In Iran, where Islamic regulations, entrenched patriarchal traditions, and political structures rigorously shape women’s mobility, the motivations for solo t…

  • Constrained mobilities in conservative societies

    Open AccessAfsaneh Rostami, Alexander Trupp et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2026

    For many Iranian Muslim women, the desire to travel alone is accompanied by fear, moral scrutiny, and uncertainty about safety, reputation, and legitimacy. Drawing on 52 serial interviews with 25 Iranian Muslim women with and without solo travel experience, this study examines how such constraints shape decisions to pursue or avoid solo travel. The findings show that fear, moral surveillance, restrictive visa regimes, hotel regulations, and finan…

  • Gender, religion, and sociospatial (im)mobilities

    Open AccessAfsaneh Rostami, Alexander TruppARTICLEErdkunde2025

    This research proposes an intersectional framework for examining Muslim women’s solo travel. Drawing from existing literature and using Iranian Muslim women as a case example, the study identifies ten key identity axes: gender, education, employment, nationality, religion, place, marital status, ethnicity, age, and race, discussing how these axes intersect to create compounded and context-specific barriers. The framework highlights unique constra…

  • Agritourism as a multiplier factor for the development of Iran's rural communities

    Mohammad Nematpour, Sarasadat Makian et al.ARTICLETourism Recreation Research2024References: 63

    This study used a three-phase mixed-method approach to determine geographical capacity requirements and influential factors to develop consistent agritourism development scenarios in Iran's rural communities. The Kandovan district was chosen as a case study to highlight rural communities’ agricultural potential. To identify agricultural potential zones in the first phase, GIS analysis has been used to determine that the area under study possesses…