“Our House Was a Small Islamic Republic”: Social Policing and Resilient Resistance in Contemporary Iran

Alireza Delpazir, Fatemeh Sadeghi
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In this article, we address a question that has been frequently asked: Why is the Iranian government unable to defeat the struggle by women against the compulsory hijab? What distinguishes women’s resistance from other forms of freedom and justice movements? We address these questions by highlighting women’s “resilient resistance” within the family domain as both flexible and sustainable. The article examines how the domestication of politics and the politicization of family have interconnected dynamics in Iran, as illustrated by the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. It shows how women have shifted the Iranian family from a collaborator of oppressive patriarchal power to a more egalitarian structure to accommodate their protests against the compulsory hijab. As the catalysts for this change, they succeeded in discrediting the Islamic Republic’s moral discourse based on the compulsory hijab as a manifestation of modesty for women. They also validated their own morality based on personal choice. Using ethnographic fieldwork, including participatory observation and in-depth interviews with movement participants, this paper shows how women’s invisible yet significant resistance within the family has transformed this institution and profoundly affected the broader political landscape of Iran. It examines a unique case where social transformation drives larger political change.
"我们的房子是一个小伊斯兰共和国":当代伊朗的社会治安与顽强抵抗
在本文中,我们将讨论一个经常被问到的问题:为什么伊朗政府无法挫败妇女反对强制戴头巾的斗争?妇女的反抗与其他形式的自由和正义运动有何不同?我们通过强调妇女在家庭领域的 "顽强抵抗 "既灵活又可持续来解决这些问题。文章以 "妇女、生命、自由 "运动为例,探讨了政治的家庭化和家庭的政治化如何在伊朗产生相互关联的动力。文章展示了妇女如何将伊朗家庭从父权压迫的合作者转变为更加平等的结构,以适应她们对强制戴头巾的抗议。作为这一变革的催化剂,她们成功地诋毁了伊斯兰共和国以强制戴头巾作为妇女谦逊表现的道德言论。她们还验证了自己基于个人选择的道德观。通过人种学实地调查,包括参与式观察和对运动参与者的深入访谈,本文展示了妇女在家庭中进行的无形但重要的抵抗如何改变了这一制度,并对伊朗更广泛的政治格局产生了深远影响。本文探讨了社会变革推动更大政治变革的独特案例。
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