TY - BOOK AU - Karimi,Z.Pamela TI - Domesticity and consumer culture in Iran: interior revolutions of the modern era T2 - Iranian studies SN - 9780415781831 AV - HC480.C6 K37 2013 U1 - 306.30955 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Culture KW - Economic aspects KW - Iran KW - Architecture and society KW - Interior decoration KW - Human factors KW - HISTORY KW - Middle East KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - Regional Studies KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Social conditions KW - Häuslichkeit (Motiv) KW - gnd KW - Sachkultur KW - Verbrauch KW - Wohnen KW - Boende KW - historia KW - sao KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-247) and index N2 - "Exploring the process of Iran's modernization through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Pamela Karimi demonstrates the extent to which the Iranian house has served as the place of encounter with the "other" and of reconsideration of the nation as "home." Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran examines the interplay between native aspirations, foreign influences, gender roles, consumer culture and women's education as they intersect with taste, fashion, domestic architecture and interior design in modern Iran. Throughout, ideas of consumer culture and gender are at its core, but other important socio-political subjects are examined in order to view Iran's modernization through the prism of its people's private lives. Presenting a new perspective on the 1979 Iranian revolution, re-read vis--̉vis the opinions of Shiite religious scholars, the Left, and the revolutionary elites, this book demonstrates how Iranians have contested the public-private dichotomy as manifested in the Islamic Republic's texts, images, and actual physical spaces"-- UR - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43958 ER -