Sara Hassani
Biographic Data
| ID | 6308519 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Hassani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Hassani |
| SIGNATURE | HASSANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Politics, New School for Social Research, New York City, NY, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3590-9156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Affective Resistance Against Sovereign Erasure
This article argues that the Islamic Republic of Iran's codified and institutionalized gender apartheid created a unique form of militarized women's domestic role from which grief and mourning became protected, even expected, forms of expression for maternal subjects. Bringing Iran's unique historical and political context to bear on an analysis of bereaved mothers' affective resistance during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" (WLF) uprising, it demonst…
Grassroots struggles against domestic violence in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s first law targeting violence against women (2019) appears against the backdrop of decades of understudied resistance and struggle on the part of non-state actors, such as activists, survivors and volunteer organizers. This article draws on fieldwork, interviews and content analysis to offer examples of these continuing grassroots struggles. We situate, discuss and analyse three prevalent strategies of ‘exit’ and ‘voice’ – protest in …
Maniacal slaves
Feminist scholars the world over are increasingly aware of the importance of analyzing popular discourse, especially regarding women’s involvement in proscribed violence. Yet few have looked at Middle Eastern organizations, and fewer still at the Mojahedin-e Khalq Iran (MEK), a longstanding resistance group whose all-female leadership and sizeable female membership present a compelling challenge to prevailing gender norms. How do popular media po…
Maniacal slaves
Feminist scholars the world over are increasingly aware of the importance of analyzing popular discourse, especially regarding women’s involvement in proscribed violence. Yet few have looked at Middle Eastern organizations, and fewer still at the Mojahedin-e Khalq Iran (MEK), a longstanding resistance group whose all-female leadership and sizeable female membership present a compelling challenge to prevailing gender norms. How do popular media po…
Grassroots struggles against domestic violence in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s first law targeting violence against women (2019) appears against the backdrop of decades of understudied resistance and struggle on the part of non-state actors, such as activists, survivors and volunteer organizers. This article draws on fieldwork, interviews and content analysis to offer examples of these continuing grassroots struggles. We situate, discuss and analyse three prevalent strategies of ‘exit’ and ‘voice’ – protest in …
Maniacal slaves
Feminist scholars the world over are increasingly aware of the importance of analyzing popular discourse, especially regarding women’s involvement in proscribed violence. Yet few have looked at Middle Eastern organizations, and fewer still at the Mojahedin-e Khalq Iran (MEK), a longstanding resistance group whose all-female leadership and sizeable female membership present a compelling challenge to prevailing gender norms. How do popular media po…
Grassroots struggles against domestic violence in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s first law targeting violence against women (2019) appears against the backdrop of decades of understudied resistance and struggle on the part of non-state actors, such as activists, survivors and volunteer organizers. This article draws on fieldwork, interviews and content analysis to offer examples of these continuing grassroots struggles. We situate, discuss and analyse three prevalent strategies of ‘exit’ and ‘voice’ – protest in …
Affective Resistance Against Sovereign Erasure
This article argues that the Islamic Republic of Iran's codified and institutionalized gender apartheid created a unique form of militarized women's domestic role from which grief and mourning became protected, even expected, forms of expression for maternal subjects. Bringing Iran's unique historical and political context to bear on an analysis of bereaved mothers' affective resistance during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" (WLF) uprising, it demonst…
Gender Politics and Representation (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Resistance (ecology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)