Iranian Motherhood

This book characterises the problematic status of motherhood in present-day Iranian society - that is, problem in the Foucauldian sense of an object of thought and a source of tension, not as a pathological issue - and explains the historical processes contributing to this problematisation.

Autorentext

Mohaddeseh Ziyachi is an assistant research professor in the Department of Sociology, Durham University. She obtained her PhD in cognition and culture at the Queen's University of Belfast. Her research is focused on gender and anthropological studies from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Inhalt

Part I: Motherhood as a Problem 1. What Does the "Problem of Motherhood" Mean? 2. How to Explore Motherhood? Part II: Problematic Aspects of Motherhood: A Description 3. How is Motherhood Understood? 4. How is Motherhood Related to Other Domains? 5. Is There Any General Concept Influencing Motherhood? Part III: The Problematisation of Motherhood: A Causal Explanation 6. How was Motherhood Understood in Pre-Modern Times? 7. How did Motherhood's Conceptualisation Change in Modern Times? 8. How is Motherhood Understood in Late-Modern Times? 9. Why is the Schema of Motherhood as a Project Prevalent? 10. What Makes Motherhood Heterogenous and Controversial? Part IV: What is the Problem of Motherhood? 11. Final Remarks