The Story of the Daughters of Quchan: Gender and National Memory in Iranian History (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)

Najmabadi explores how Iran's constitutional revolution was shaped by the explosive issue of abuses toward the nation's women. The ancient practices of merciless taxation driving the sale of girls and the seizing of girls by raiding nomads now generated a nationwide outcry for a new kind of government and a real kind of justice. The ancient drive to protect women took old and new forms, as the priority of protecting male honor commonly eclipsed the drive to free women. This book captures a clash of popular movements at a major turning point, where law and order became a possibility, and the urgency for women to hide themselves from rapacious rulers or warlords started to fade away.

Najmabadi explores how Iran's constitutional revolution was shaped by the explosive issue of abuses toward the nation's women. The ancient practices of merciless taxation driving the sale of girls and the seizing of girls by raiding nomads now generated a nationwide outcry for a new kind of government and a real kind of justice. The ancient drive to protect women took old and new forms, as the priority of protecting male honor commonly eclipsed the drive to free women. This book captures a clash of popular movements at a major turning point, where law and order became a possibility, and the urgency for women to hide themselves from rapacious rulers or warlords started to fade away.