ISBN:
9781009188906
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 472 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Global Middle East (Cambridge, England)
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DDC:
306.0955/25
Keywords:
Tehran (Iran) / Social conditions
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Tehran (Iran) / Social life and culture
Abstract:
Tehran, the capital of Iran since the late eighteenth century, is now one of the largest cities in the Middle East. Exploring Tehran's development from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, Ashkan Rezvani Naraghi paints a vibrant picture of a city undergoing rapid and dynamic social transformation. Rezvani Naraghi demonstrates that this shift was the product of a developing discourse around spatial knowledge, in which the West became the model for the social practices of the state and sections of Iranian society. As traditional social spaces, such as coffee houses, bathhouses, and mosques, were replaced by European-style cafes, theatres, and sports clubs, Tehran and its people were irreversibly altered. Using an array of archival sources, Rezvani Naraghi stresses the agency of everyday inhabitants in shaping urban change. This enlightening history not only allows us to better understand the contours of contemporary Tehran, but to develop a new way of imagining, talking about, and building 'the city'
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Introduction -- Segmented Society and the Social Production of Communal Spaces -- Segmented Society and Spaces of Political Mobilization -- Iranian Travelers and the Production of Spatial Knowledge -- The Qajar Court and the City: Spatial Strategies of the State in the Nineteenth Century -- The Interwar Period and Middle-Class Urbanism -- The Age of Social Movements: The Transformation of Political Public Space -- Conclusion
DOI:
10.1017/9781009188906
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009188906
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