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Divorce seen through women's cinematic lens / Rahimieh, Nasrin

Rahimieh, Nasrin	Journal Article
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2009.

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The curtailment of women's rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has received a great deal of scholarly attention. Among the legal changes that have profoundly affected women's lives are divorce laws. If the legal arena has not given women much room for maneuver, the realm of cultural representation, particularly cinematic production by women, has provided a fertile ground for self-expression and resistance. Through an analysis of Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Kim Longinotto's ethnographic documentary, Divorce Iranian Style (1998), and two feature films, Blackboards (2000) by Samira Makhmalbaf and Ceasefire by Tahmineh Milani (2006), this article explores representations of the ways in which women work within and against the grain of the dominant structures of power.

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Iran ; Women ; Divorce Law ; Marriage Law ; Shari'a Law

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Religion, divorce, and the missing culture war in America / Smith, Mark A

Smith, Mark A	Journal Article
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Publication	2010.
Summary/Abstract	Explains why divorce, an issue that sparked heated controversy earlier in American history, is now absent from the culture war. He shows that religious groups gradually accommodated rising rates of marital breakup by changing their biblical interpretations and deemphasizing divorce as a political issue.

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Religion ; America ; Divorce ; Divorce Law ; Culture Heritage

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