Essays about: "iranian culture"
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6. Imagining a Revolutionary Iran: National Narratives in the Revolutionary Discourse of the Mojahedin-e Khalq
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för MellanösternstudierAbstract : Skocpol’s States and Social Revolutions, first published in 1979, was a hugely influential book encapsulating what has become known as the “Third Generation” of theories of revolution. In it, she argues that “revolutions are not made, they come” (Skocpol, 1979, 17), insisting that structural factors such as pre-revolutionary social structure and state breakdown were primarily responsible for the outbreak of revolutions. READ MORE
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7. An Invisible Gender-based Violence : Exploring Iranian male university students’ thoughts on street harassment
University essay fromAbstract : Background and Aim: Street harassment is an international and trans-cultural phenomenon that has short and long-term negative effects on its individual targets impacting millions of people, mostly women and young girls, everyday. Most studies on the subject have been focused on defining the problem from a law point of view leaving a knowledge gap on how social structures and the various political, economic, and cultural means interact to (re)produce and perpetuate this social phenomenon. READ MORE
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8. Assessment of Decline of Tehran’s Old Neighborhoods
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : By the beginning the second decade of twentieth century, a new regime came to power in Iran. While considering the Iranian society, her institutions, mechanisms and structures as a backward and dysfunctional one, the new regime started to set up a new order, based on modern values. READ MORE
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9. Value Based Segmentation of Luxury Consumption : Behavior among Iranian Employed Women
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälleAbstract : Luxury market has a continuous growth that proves the increasing demand of luxury around the world despite recession or other similar problems. For this reason luxury concept has been studied from several aspects in different regions around the world; but as the concept of marketing and consumer behavior can be customized based on culture and peoples beliefs and values in every region of the world; local studies are necessary for marketers and business owners in order to penetrate in different markets. READ MORE
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10. Metaphors and Cultural Imprints : A comparative study of Persian and English Metaphors in Jamalzadeh's 'Roast Goose' and Maugham's 'The Luncheon'
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The main goal of this study is to identify conceptual metaphors in two genetically distinct languages, namely Iranian Persian and British English, analyze their domains and attempt to detect possible cultural impacts on their construction. Although there are a good number of studies on the relationship between metaphor and culture in some languages, there appears to be a limited number of comparative studies on different languages with culturally distinct contexts and their metaphors. READ MORE
