Historical Study on Gender Identity in Forming Social and Architectural Space: Northern Cities of Ir

[admin]

Historical Study on Gender Identity in Forming Social and Architectural Space: Northern Cities of Iran in Qajar Era

Varmaghani H, Soltanzadeh H, Tahaee S.A.

J. Civil Eng. Urban., 5(2): 102-107, 2015; pii:S225204301500018-5

Abstract

Due to some ambiguities in defining the domain of gendered space in traditional cities and gaps in the knowledge related to the northern cities in the Qajar Era, this paper examines the conception of the public and private domain in Gillan and Mazandaran cities. We delineate the intricacies of how people of northern Iran conceptualized the public and private domain, and specifically how females have experienced these domains, with regard to the common view of “gendered space”. We also describe the role of women and their relationship to space outside of kinship ties. The paper concludes that the northern context to some extent was different from other Iranian traditional contexts, due to the environmental circumstances and livelihood causing the different status of northern women. Therefore these conditions led to a kind of soft boundary between the two realms of public and private life and, thus, allowed the possibility of women’s negotiation with public domain more than in other traditional cultures.
Keywords: Gender, Space, Northern City, Qajar Era

[Full text-

Hidden Content

Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content.

]

منبع:

Hidden Content

Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content.

Hidden Content

Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content.