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Molla Nasreddin
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- Book Synopsis
- In the early twentieth century, a group of artists and intellectuals reinterpreted the Middle Eastern trickster figure Nasreddin in their periodical Molla¯ Nasreddin. They used folklore, visual art and satire to disseminate a consciously radical and social democratic discourse on religion, gender, sexuality and power in Transcaucasia and Iran. The periodical reached tens of thousands of people in the Muslim world, impacting the thinking of a generation. This highly-illustrated book explores the milieu in which Molla¯ Nasreddin was born, the way the periodical recreated the trickster trope, and the influence of European graphic artists, especially Francisco Goya, on the journal. It focuses on the most creative period, 1906-11, when the journal reflected the social and political concerns of three major upheavals: the 1905 Russian Revolution, the 1906-1911 Iranian Constitutional Revolution, and the 1908 Young Turk Movement.
- About The Author
- Janet Afary is Mellichamp Chair and Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. She is author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2009) (Winner of the British Society for Middle East Studies-British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize), Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism (with Kevin B. Anderson) (University of Chicago Press, 2005) (Winner of Latifeh Yarshater Award: Best Book in Iranian Women's Studies-Persian Heritage Foundation) and The Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-11: Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy, and the Origins of Feminism (Columbia University Press, 1996).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781474499507
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press, (30 September 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 398
- Weight
- 1204 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 246 x 189 x 27 mm
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