Middle Class Urbanism
The Socio-Spatial Transformation of Tehran, 1921–41
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9979903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashkan Rezvani-Naraghi (0000-0002-5676-7986, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-126 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2017.1350094 |
| OpenAlex | W2736332567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
Most of the available literature on Tehran between the two world wars deals with the morphological transformation of the city and the role of the Pahlavi state in accomplishing massive urban projects. In contrast, this article focuses on the reciprocal relationship between the sociality and spatiality of the city. It demonstrates how the consolidation of the discourse of modernity resulted in the development of social and political desires for the production of new forms of social life and spaces. The article argues that the formation of the modern middle class and its alignment with the Pahlavi state’s reform projects contributed to a twofold process: first, the decline of the traditional forms of social life and spaces and, second, the production and prevalence of alternative forms. This process resulted in the establishment of social dichotomies with vast spatial manifestations and polarized the city both socially and spatially
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |