Poetics and Politics of the Veil in Iran

Dr Azadeh Fatehrad is an artist and curator based at the Visual and Material Culture Research Centre, Kingston University London, working primarily with still and moving images in the context of historical representation. She was the St. John’s College artist in residence 2018 at the University of Oxford.

'The book delves into a multitude of topics, including waves of feminism in Iran, photography, film, and the societal standards the veil has placed upon women. Fatehrad focuses on the act of 'veiling, unveiling, and re-veiling' and how the veil has become a metaphor for women in Iran. Throughout her book, Fatehrad places her own photographs, stills from female-directed Iranian films, and images of Iranian women in daily life, protest, and history. The veil exists in a myriad of forms throughout the book, and while remaining the same in its material state, it possesses different meanings and objectives for women in Iran that Fatehrad analyzes in detail.'

• About the Book Preface IntroductionChapter One 1.1 Iran in 1936 1.2 The Hijab in Iran 1.3 On Feminism in Iran 1.4 The Islamic Revolution of 1979 1.5 On PhotographyChapter Two 2.1 On Veiling and Writing 2.2 Veiling and the Sense of Protection 2.3 On Veiling and Modesty 2.4 On LookingChapter Three 3.1 Mobile Architecture 3.2 On the Garden: Away from the Crowd 3.3 Drapery: Displacement from the Body to the Fabric 3.4 Today in Iran: The Contemporary Public LifeAppendix: The Showroom Project September 2015 Bibliography Acknowledgements Index