Tied Up in Tehran Women

Women, Social Change, and the Politics of Daily Life in Postrevolutionary Iran

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Tied Up in Tehran offers a richly interdisciplinary study of ordinary life in Iran since the 1979 revolution and a critical intervention in political theory debates on knowledge and method. Drawing from over ten years of field work in Iran since the 1990s, and originating in the author's surreal experience of being served tangerines during a home invasion in Tehran, Norma Claire Moruzzi examines the experiences of women, young people, artists, and activists: at home, at work, and in the street. These stories - of food and family, film and politics, shopping and crime-reckon with the past, demonstrate resilient democratization in the present, and provide glimpses of a plausible future while offering a refreshing model to ethically engaged modes of study. Moruzzi's lucid and engaging writing explores Iranian daily life as unexpected, contradictory, and full of political promise.

• Uses accessible language and readable narratives to explore deeply researched examples of Iranian daily life
• Takes a broad interdisciplinary approach to address multiple aspects of social change
• Provides fresh insights into how ordinary Iranians are challenging assumptions in and outside Iran about how daily social practices shape power and politics