The role of orthodox jurisprudence in dealing with domestic violence against women in Iran

This paper is concerned with the structure of power/knowledge in the orthodox Islamic discourses (as the mainstream discourse) in Iran, and the interrelationship between power, violence, and sexuality both theoretically and empirically. In the theoretical section of this study I employ a novel ap...

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Main Author: Zahra Tizro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università di Napoli Federico II 2014-09-01
Series:La camera blu
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Online Access:http://www.camerablu.unina.it/index.php/camerablu/article/view/2794