Introduction = 1
PART I. BEAUTY, LOVE, AND SEXUALITY
Early Qajar = 11
Nineteenth-Century Transformations = 26
PART II. CULTURAL LABOR OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER
The Eclipse of the (Fe)Male Sun = 63
Vatan, the Beloved; Vatan, the Mother = 97
Women's Veil and Unveil = 132
The Tragedy of Romantic Marriage = 156
Crafting an Educated Wife and Mother = 181
Women or Wives of the Nation? = 207
Epilogue: Feminism and Its Burden of Birth = 232
Notes = 245
Glossary = 307
Bibliography = 311
Credits = 341
Index = 343
PART I. BEAUTY, LOVE, AND SEXUALITY
Early Qajar = 11
Nineteenth-Century Transformations = 26
PART II. CULTURAL LABOR OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER
The Eclipse of the (Fe)Male Sun = 63
Vatan, the Beloved; Vatan, the Mother = 97
Women's Veil and Unveil = 132
The Tragedy of Romantic Marriage = 156
Crafting an Educated Wife and Mother = 181
Women or Wives of the Nation? = 207
Epilogue: Feminism and Its Burden of Birth = 232
Notes = 245
Glossary = 307
Bibliography = 311
Credits = 341
Index = 343