{"product_id":"9780815602668","title":"Veils and Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book, in any language, about women's literary tradition in Iran. \u003ci\u003eVeils and Words\u003c\/i\u003e places this tradition in the context of social practices and cultural ideals, particularly those related to veiling and unveiling, silence and revelation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor centuries, traditional propriety, \u003ci\u003eHojb-o-Haya\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eSharm\u003c\/i\u003e [charm\/ shame], demanded a woman's body be veiled, her voice go unheard, her life story remain untold. As a result, it was not until the mid-19th century that a tradition of women writers emerged in Iran. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe writers discussed here--especially Tahereh Qorratol'Ayn, Parvin E'tessami, Forugh Farrokhzad, Simin Daneshvar, Simin Behbahani, and Tahereh Saffarzadeh--represent 150 years of Iranian women's literary expression ranging from lyric poetry and short stories to novels, from didactic and religious poetry to autobiographies. For unveiling body and voice, these pioneering women paid dearly with loss of reputation and allegations of immorality, lunacy, even heresy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn studying Iranian women writers, Milani, herself an Iranian poet, draws from Western feminist literary criticism to concentrate on problems of authorship specific to women in a sexually segregated society. She writes about a group of writers not only marginalized in their own country but also excluded from the mainstream of Anglo-American attention to world literature--an exile writing about exiles.","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46229702934769,"sku":"9780815602668","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780815602668_p0.jpg?v=1790608576","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780815602668","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}