Liminalities of Gender and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Iranian Photography - Desirous Bodies

Staci Gem Scheiwiller's book Liminalities of Gender and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Iranian Photography: Desirous Bodies examines how photographs in Qajar, Iran, negotiated and coded gender, sexuality, and desire. The book argues that photography became a strategy for empowerment and domination, serving as a tool for expression and being seen and exploring how it operated within pre-existing social and political relations. The text focuses on the visual culture of Qajar Iran, including the use of images in homes and the production of erotic photography, and how these images reflected and shaped cultural beliefs and social norms. The book also analyses photographs of women in various social contexts, such as the harem, the public sphere, and the Constitutional Revolution. It highlights their ambivalent role as both objects of desire and agents of change. Buy: https://amzn.to/3MNUb6x