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Prawa i obowiązki kobiet według Bibi Chanom Astarabadi i Tadżossaltane. Dwa przykłady feministycznej krytyki społecznej w Iranie przełomu XIX i XX wieku

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Bachtin P.

Przegląd Orientalistyczny

2017

issue 3-4 (263-264)

233-250

This paper aims to juxtapose two crucial texts for the early history of feminism in Iran: a satirical treatise entitled Maʼayeb al-rejal (The vices of men) from 1894 written by Bibi Khanom Astarabadi (1858/59–1921) and the memoirs of Taj al-Saltana (1884–1936), a daughter of Naser al-Din Shah (r. 1848–1896), penned in 1914. In spite of the authors’ different backgrounds and the diversity of issues raised, both devoted plenty of attention to the desirable qualities of a ‘modern Iranian woman’—a new ideal championed by the Iranian reformist movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s. This progressive ideal of woman, however, remained rooted in a traditional paradigm equating womanhood with wifehood and motherhood. Through a literary analysis of the works of Bibi Khanom and Taj al-Saltana, the author argues that the early Iranian feminists integrated their advocacy for dignity and ‘modernity’ of woman into the patriarchal outlook by reserving for their ‘sisters’ the functions of educators and carers.

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Prawa i obowiązki kobiet według Bibi Chanom Astarabadi i Tadżossaltane. Dwa przykłady feministycznej krytyki społecznej w Iranie przełomu XIX i XX wieku