The #MeToo Movement in Iran - 9780755647293

The #MeToo Movement in IranReporting Sexual Violence and Harassment\nAuthor(s): Claudia Yaghoobi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9780755647293, 978-0755647293\nSynopsis\nThe Iranian #MeToo movement was a crucial form of resistance, with ordinary Iranian women sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and assault in the public sphere of digital media. This is the first book of its kind providing a comprehensive analysis of the Iranian #MeToo movement.\n\nBased on archival, empirical, ethnographic, literary and cultural research, the contributors discuss the abuse of women and societys responses to it. Contextualizing the historical framework of Iranian MeToo activism within larger Iranian feminist movements, as well as the historical background within the context of Middle East, the contributors address how the privileged position of men who have been outed as rapists, helps them to aggregate social, politic.