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Playing against the rhythm: the intersection of gender and performative space in Iran
Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, women have been legally prohibited from singing or playing a musical instrument solo in public. The government has sought to control women’s performative space by using concepts of permissibility and ideological compatibility. In the past decade, however, Iran h...
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| description | Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, women have been legally prohibited from singing or playing a musical instrument solo in public. The government has sought to control women’s performative space by using concepts of permissibility and ideological compatibility. In the past decade, however, Iran has seen the birth of an underground music culture, in which women sing and play illegally. Underground and diasporic female musicians have carved new spaces that subvert state regulations on cultural purity and nationalism, deterritorializing and deconstructing notions of national space and culture. Women musicians have thus demonstrated the failure of the state to successfully regulate performative space. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2843 Playing against the rhythm: the intersection of gender and performative space in Iran Rafei, Leila Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, women have been legally prohibited from singing or playing a musical instrument solo in public. The government has sought to control women’s performative space by using concepts of permissibility and ideological compatibility. In the past decade, however, Iran has seen the birth of an underground music culture, in which women sing and play illegally. Underground and diasporic female musicians have carved new spaces that subvert state regulations on cultural purity and nationalism, deterritorializing and deconstructing notions of national space and culture. Women musicians have thus demonstrated the failure of the state to successfully regulate performative space. 2012-04-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1812 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2843/viewcontent/LRFinalThesis.pdf The American University in Cairo grants authors of theses and dissertations a maximum embargo period of two years from the date of submission, upon request. After the embargo elapses, these documents are made available publicly. If you are the author of this thesis or dissertation, and would like to request an exceptional extension of the embargo period, please write to thesisadmin@aucegypt.edu Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Middle Eastern Studies International and Area Studies Near and Middle Eastern Studies |
| spellingShingle | Middle Eastern Studies International and Area Studies Near and Middle Eastern Studies Rafei, Leila Playing against the rhythm: the intersection of gender and performative space in Iran |
| title | Playing against the rhythm: the intersection of gender and performative space in Iran |
| title_full | Playing against the rhythm: the intersection of gender and performative space in Iran |
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| title_short | Playing against the rhythm: the intersection of gender and performative space in Iran |
| title_sort | playing against the rhythm the intersection of gender and performative space in iran |
| topic | Middle Eastern Studies International and Area Studies Near and Middle Eastern Studies |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1812 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2843/viewcontent/LRFinalThesis.pdf |
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