Young women in postrevolutionary Iran used audacious acts of public dance, particularly during the past decade, to resist unjust gender-based laws and cultural norms that disenfranchise women, a ...

Iran softens stance; Obama avoids "knee jerk" response to nation's olive branch. Nov 11, 2008— -- Barack Obama's election victory has won over many hearts and minds in Iran, softening some views ...

1. Introduction -- 2. The invention of an ideal female national dancer in twentieth-century Iran -- 3. Mutribs and their dancers: the counter-ideal performers of new Iran -- 4. The cabaret dancer in ...