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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xvii
- INTRODUCTION. Human Rights and Cultural Practice 1
- CHAPTER ONE. A Genealogy of “Women’s Rights” in Iran 20
- CHAPTER TWO. Producing States: Women’s Participation and the Dialogics of Rights 42
- CHAPTER THREE. Qur’anic Meetings: “Doing the Cultural Work” 75
- CHAPTER FOUR. Courting Rights: Rights Talk in Islamico-Civil Family Court 108
- CHAPTER FIVE. Practice and Effect: Writing/Righting the Law 138
- CHAPTER SIX. Human Rights: The Politics and Prose of Discursive Sites 166
- CONCLUSION. “Women’s Rights” as Exhibition at the Brink of War 200
- APPENDIX. The Iranian Marriage Contract 209
- Notes 211
- Glossary 227
- Bibliography 231
- Index 251
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xvii
- INTRODUCTION. Human Rights and Cultural Practice 1
- CHAPTER ONE. A Genealogy of “Women’s Rights” in Iran 20
- CHAPTER TWO. Producing States: Women’s Participation and the Dialogics of Rights 42
- CHAPTER THREE. Qur’anic Meetings: “Doing the Cultural Work” 75
- CHAPTER FOUR. Courting Rights: Rights Talk in Islamico-Civil Family Court 108
- CHAPTER FIVE. Practice and Effect: Writing/Righting the Law 138
- CHAPTER SIX. Human Rights: The Politics and Prose of Discursive Sites 166
- CONCLUSION. “Women’s Rights” as Exhibition at the Brink of War 200
- APPENDIX. The Iranian Marriage Contract 209
- Notes 211
- Glossary 227
- Bibliography 231
- Index 251
