Dānish - the First Women’s Journal in Iran: A Contribution to the Study of the Discourse of the Early Iranian Women’s Movement

• Authors: Piotr Bachtin

Abstracts

EN

In this article, I explore the content of Iran’s first women’s newspaper, Dānish (‘Knowledge’), published in Tehran in 1910–1911. Using the method of close reading, I address the question of the model of womanhood that was presented in the pages of the weekly. In this regard, I examine selected articles that appeared in the surviving issues of Dānish, distinguishing three dominant thematic areas: the education of girls and women; marital relationships; child rearing, hygiene, and health care. By putting the journal’s discourse in the context of the discussion on ‘women’s issues’ that was ongoing in the press during the Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911), I reflect on the relationship between the agenda of the early Iranian women’s movement and the discourse of constitutionalist nationalism.

Keywords

EN

Dānish; Iran; press; women; feminism; nationalism; education; marriage; child rearing; hygiene

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Folia Orientalia
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 59
• Pages: 127-142

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Piotr Bachtin

• Heidelberg University, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0000000194186923

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/for.2022.143839

Biblioteka Nauki

55789002