Zan-i farangi and women's agency on self-representation in Qajar Iran

Zan-i Farangi 和伊朗卡扎尔妇女代表机构

• 批准号: 2771660
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2771660
• 关键词: Zan; farangi; women; agency; self

My research project centres on the agency of women in Qajar Iran and their perception of the zan-i farangi, that is the"foreign" woman. I will research archival documents, letters and vaqfs to understand the position of women, particularly inrelation to arts patronage. I will take into consideration the representations of women on canvases, objects, lacquers andthe like to understand if women had something to say about the representation of the farangi woman, that was usuallyrepresented under sexualised lenses. Similarly, I will look at the first photographic production by women in Iran, bothforeign and not, to see how they represented themselves. The field of studies on women's patronage in Qajar Iran is not,to the best of my knowledge, greatly developed and I would like to contribute with my research as it will be useful tounderstand the position of women and their agency to better comprehend Qajar society at large and particularly the firstperiod of the dynasty, when the fascination with Western ideas and way of life started to be prominent. Indeed, thefascination with "Occidentalism" can be traced back to the Safavid period and I would like to inquire how much theSafavid representation, adoption and adaption of Western fashion and way of life had an impact on the Qajars. Myresearch will advance the decolonising process of the art historical and humanities fields as the agency of Iranian womenopposes Orientalist, Eurocentric and Colonising theories.

我的研究项目集中在伊朗Qajar妇女的机构和他们对zan-i farangi的看法，即“外国”妇女。我将研究档案文件，信件和vaqf，以了解妇女的地位，特别是与艺术赞助。我将考虑女性在画布、物品、漆器等上的表现，以了解女性是否对法朗吉女性的表现有话要说，这通常是在性别化的镜头下表现的。同样，我将研究伊朗女性（无论是外国女性还是非外国女性）的第一部摄影作品，看看她们如何表现自己。据我所知，关于伊朗卡扎尔妇女赞助的研究领域并没有得到很大的发展，我想通过我的研究做出贡献，因为这将有助于了解妇女的地位及其机构，以更好地理解整个卡扎尔社会，特别是王朝的第一个时期，当时对西方思想和生活方式的迷恋开始突出。事实上，对“西方主义”的迷恋可以追溯到萨非时期，我想知道萨非对西方时尚和生活方式的代表、采用和适应对卡扎尔人产生了多大的影响。我的研究将推进艺术历史和人文领域的非殖民化进程，因为伊朗妇女反对东方主义、欧洲中心主义和殖民理论。