Browsing The University of Oklahoma by series "Danesh ; 3 (2018)"

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    • DĀNESH : the OU undergraduate journal of Iranian studies. Volume 3, 2018  Undergraduate

      University of Oklahoma. College of International Studies. Department of International and Area Studies. Farzaneh Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies. (2018)
      We are so proud to present to you the third volume of the University of Oklahoma's Undergraduate Journal in Iranian Studies, DĀNESH. Through two editions of the journal we have seen wonderful presentations on varying ...

    • Exercising Agency: Contesting Cultural Imperialism in the Depiction of Muslim Women  Undergraduate

      Harth, Julia (2018)
      In ancient times, the Silk Road brought foreign treasures and precious goods from a distant East to the people of Western Europe, instilling a fascination with the rich and mysterious ‘Orient.’ As colonialism heightened ...

    • Ideology and Reality: Afghans in Iran  Undergraduate

      McAbee, Daniel (2018)
      The Islamic Republic of Iran is a revolutionary state which derives its legitimacy on the basis of revolutionary pan-Islamism. Despite this, as the memory of the revolution recedes into the past, Iranian nationalism and ...

    • Iran's Others through Cinema: Ethnicity and the Politics of Representation in Contemporary Iran  Undergraduate

      Johnson, Jared (2018)
      With all the politically issues and social animosity surrounding Iran today, the Islamic Republic has become a focus for international attention and critique, especially if one might watch Fox News on any given evening — ...

    • Ritual Impurity and the Decline of the Safavid Dynasty  Undergraduate

      Ball, Caleb (2018)
      The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the rise of the Safavid dynasty and the establishment of Iran as a stronghold of Shi'a Islam. The body of research on these two centuries of Persian history provides us with a ...

    • The Evolution of Gender Equality in Modern Iran  Undergraduate

      Eisenmann, Lindsey (2018)
      Earlier this fall in Iran, there was a bit of uproar as the Iranian football team faced Syria in Iran. While women were initially able to purchase tickets, they were barred from entering the game and left outside to watch ...

    • The Politics of Fashion in the Islamic Republic of Iran  Undergraduate

      Warrington, Sydney (2018)
      In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world's only existing theocracy, the relationship between the state and society cannot exist mutually exclusive of one another, considering that the regime's legitimacy is contingent ...

    • The Question of Women's Agency in Iranian Cinema  Undergraduate

      Walker, Alexis (2018)
      Trying to pinpoint individual acts of agency within cinema can be difficult. This is especially true within Iranian cinema because agency takes different forms than viewers would assume. The term agency itself is ambiguous. ...

    • The Value of Virtue: Depictions of Class and Morals in Iranian Cinema  Undergraduate

      Crynes, Aubrey (2018)
      The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is no stranger to cinema's ability to encourage values and moral standards in a society. Since its inception, the Islamic Republic has recognized the power of cinema and, in ...

    • Zoroastrians: Becoming a Minority in Their Homeland  Undergraduate

      Kepler, Travis (2018)
      It is arguable that no other religion has had more direct and indirect influence on humankind than that of the ancient Zoroastrian faith. This religion, which was the firstborn of the revealed world-religions, existed long ...