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Islam, Gender, and Development - Rural-Urban Migration of Women in Iran (Hardcover)
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Islam, Gender, and Development - Rural-Urban Migration of Women in Iran (Hardcover)
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In this fascinating study examining one of the poorest urban slums
in Iran, Masoumeh Velayati explores the cultural, social, and
economic factors that contribute to the migration of women from
rural to urban locations in Iran and the consequences of their
entry into the labor market. Much of the existing literature on
women and Iran focuses on Tehran and reflects the situation of
educated women of the middle class. This important, highly readable
book analyzes the economic and social conditions of working-class
Iranian women who have migrated from rural parts of the East
Azerbaijan province to Tabriz, the capital of the province and
fourth largest city in Iran. Velayati shows how migrant women
navigate within and between the formal and informal economies. In
the slums of Tabriz, migrant women work around the cultural taboo
of working outside the home by involving themselves in domestic
industry that can be conducted from home, the largest of these
industries being carpet-making. The rise in migrant women involved
in income-generating activities has created much greater gender
consciousness and there exists a considerable tension between
traditional gender norms and economic necessity of women to work.
Because of the existing struggle for women to work within the
boundaries of traditional gender roles, Velayati argues that
employment and migration will only prove to be liberating forces
for women when they are allowed to enter the more regulated,
visible economic sectors outside the home. Readers interested in
Islam, gender studies, migration, and urbanization will gravitate
toward this engaging portrait of working-class migrant women in
Iran.
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