Center for Women's Studies and Research, University of Tehran International Journal of Women's Research 2322-3901 1 2 2012 10 01 Orientalist Feminism; Representation of Muslim Women in Two American Novels: Terrorist and Falling Man 5 20 51996 EN Seyed Mohammad Marandi Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran Zeinab Ghasemi Tari PhD Student, American Studies, University of Tehran Journal Article 2012 02 10 Several novels have appeared after the September 11 attacks which deal directly or indirectly with the effect of the event on individuals, both inside and outside of the United States. Though, the novels often claim to deal with the post- traumatic aftermath of the incident, the writers regularly use Orientalist stereotyping and it seems that after 9/11 this attitude toward Muslims has hardened and even strengthened the old Orientalist discourse. Besides representing all Muslims as terrorists, the representation of women in these novels is of significance as they often reiterate and perpetuate the image of Muslim women as oppressed subhuman who live in the state of abject slavery imposed allegedly by Islamic rules. While Oriental women in general and Muslim women in particular are represented as the oppressed ones they are also regarded as being seductive, submissive and often an epitome of immorality and transgressive sexuality. This paper shall focus on John Updike’s Terrorist and Don Dolillo’s Falling Man as both novels were New York Times bestsellers and both novelists are prominent figures of American literature. The paper attempts to examine the ways in which the novelists have represented Muslim women in the context of the post 9/11 novels and how Muslims and their ideologies are represented with regard to women.

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Center for Women's Studies and Research, University of Tehran International Journal of Women's Research 2322-3901 1 2 2012 10 01 Power Structure in Labour Families; The Case Study: Lar City, Iran 21 41 24961 EN Halimeh Enayat Associate Professor, Department of of Sociology, Shiraz University Fatemeh Nowrouzi Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Payame Noor University Journal Article 2014 11 16 This study examines the relationship between migration and power structure in Larian labour families. The research method for conducting this study is fieldwork research, and the technique of data collection is self- administration questionnaire, using face to face interviews. The sample size of this research was 570 women. 285 ones were selected amongwomen whose husbands were labor migrants and 285 women whose husbands were employed in the city of Lar, Iran. The findings show that there is a small difference regarding women's power in migrant familiesy and those whose husbands live in Lar. The linear regression shows that there is a relationship between husbands' migration and women's power. This value increases with regard to the duration of the husband's absence.

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Center for Women's Studies and Research, University of Tehran International Journal of Women's Research 2322-3901 1 2 2012 10 01 All Quiet on the Western Front – the Loss of Radical Islamic Feminism at the Hands of Euro-Islam 43 59 24958 EN Arzu Merali Co-Founder and Researcher, Islamic Human Rights Commission Journal Article 2012 04 04 This paper contends that there has been a definitive and negative change in the trajectory of so-called Islamic feminism. This change has been effected in large part in the West , as part of the growing discourse of Euro-Islam, European Islam, indigenization of Islam, etc., a discourse that comes not from governments (though it is mirrored, applauded and rewarded by governments in the region) but from Muslim civil society, activists and intellectuals. The characteristics of this change include: the move from expressing a universal but co-operative form of ‘feminism’ to a particularist one; the unusual aspect of that particularism as an expression of mutedness as opposed to empowerment, as a form of enclosure and ringfencing rather than an expression of solidarity or an attempt to work / speak / understand co-operatively; a positioning of this ‘feminism’ within an enlightenment rather than a critical and / or decolonial normative framework; an implicit rejection of liberation in favor of assimilation; expression as a peculiar interaction between Islam and the West; an aspiration for inclusion into an unsophisticated and idealized notion of the West and a perceived teleology of progress; a distinct lack of solidarity with other oppressed groups, whether gendered or ethnic or religious or class based; co-option and complicity with neo-colonial projects and policies. The paper concludes with a re-evaluation of the Islamic feminist project in certain forms as one which has been hijacked and used to undermine the goal of women’s liberation per se and Muslim women in particular by denying Muslim women and by implication all women of color or those who express themselves in political opposition to Western norms and / or domestic and foreign policies, the right to define their own terms for liberation.

https://ijwr.ut.ac.ir/article_24958_648fa2de358b46fd2891318dd5374ed4.pdf

Center for Women's Studies and Research, University of Tehran International Journal of Women's Research 2322-3901 1 2 2012 10 01 Poverty among Hispanic Women in the United States of America between 2005 and 2010 61 88 24959 EN Heshmat Sadat Moinifar Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran Elham Hamidi MA Graduate, American Studies, University of Tehran Journal Article 2014 11 16 Poverty is a widespread problem not only inflicting poor nations, but also nations like the United States of America. In the history of the United States, women and racial minorities had always been persistently struggling with poverty. This paper intends to investigate poverty among Hispanic women between 2005 and 2010 and identify and analyze the relevant contributing factors. Within this period, the financial crisis of 2007 occurred, and thus, it is essential to investigate its impact on poverty among Hispanic women. Hispanic women have always had the lowest amount of earning compared to Hispanic men and also women and men of other racial and ethnic groups. Therefore, this paper investigates the reasons for the lowest amount of earning among Hispanic women. Through the use of individual theory of poverty and structural theory of poverty, this paper argues that Hispanic women are poor because of both structural factors and individual factors. Finally, the paper uses a documentary method to gather data.

https://ijwr.ut.ac.ir/article_24959_5526e185953952faf549b8b74db11192.pdf

Center for Women's Studies and Research, University of Tehran International Journal of Women's Research 2322-3901 1 2 2012 10 01 Female Suicide and Labor Markets: A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of the Link between Labor Market Conditions and Female Suicides in the United States (1979- 2004) 89 136 24960 EN Amin Mohseni PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, American University Journal Article 2014 11 16 Suicide is a well-known public health problem in the United States. Macroeconomic conditions, among many other factors, because of their impacts on psychological well-being of individuals, are thought to be linked to suicide attempts. However, previous research on the relationship between suicide rates and macroeconomic conditions, especially that of labor market conditions, has resulted into ambiguous and often contradictory results. This paper attempts to provide a detailed disaggregated econometric analysis on the link between labor market conditions and female suicide rates in the United States. Using a state-level panel data of 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia between 1979 and 2004, this paper finds that labor market deteriorations (i.e. higher rates of unemployment, larger deviations of unemployment rate from its trend, and greater volatilities in the overall rate of unemployment), are correlated with only the suicide rates of the prime working-age women (i.e. 35-64 years old). Moreover, the results provide some evidence that female suicide rates in the United States are also positively correlated with higher female labor force participation rates.

https://ijwr.ut.ac.ir/article_24960_6fd1f8eda9aaab09587fa111aa9f2835.pdf