Whisper Tapes: Kate Millett in Iran

225 Pages·2019·2.845 MB·English

by  Negar Mottahedeh

W H I S P E R T A P E S
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W H I S P E R T A P E S
K a t e M i l l e t t i n I r a n
N E G A R M O T T A H E D E H
stanford briefs
An Imprint of Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
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© 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All
rights reserved.
Material from the Kate Millett Papers at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Duke University. © 1979 by Kate Millett. Used by
permission of the Kate Millett Estate. Going to Iran, by Kate Millett with
photographs by Sophie Keir. © 1982 by Kate Millett and Sophie Keir. Used by
permission of the Kate Millett Estate.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
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of Stanford University Press.
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper.
Cover design: Rob Ehle
Cover photos: (background) crowd protesting in Iran circa 1978, Kamal al-Din,
via Wikimedia Commons; (strip) Frames from a contact sheet of Kate Millett
portraits taken by the feminist photographer Ann Pollon. Courtesy of the Kate
Millett Estate and the Kate Millett Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &
Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Text design: Rob Ehle
Typeset by Rob Ehle in 10/13 Adobe Garamond.
library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Names: Mottahedeh, Negar, author.
Title: Whisper tapes : Kate Millett in Iran / Negar Mottahedeh.
Description: Stanford, California : Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford
University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018047093 (print) | LCCN 2018052665 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781503609860 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781503610156 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Millett, Kate—Travel—Iran—History—Sources. | Americans—
Travel—Iran—History—Sources. | Feminism—Iran—History—Sources. |
Protest movements—Iran—History—Sources. | International Women’s Day—
Iran—History—Sources. | Iran—History—Revolution, 1979—Women—
Sources.
Classification: LCC HQ1735.2 (ebook) | LCC HQ1735.2.M68 2019 (print)
| DDC 305.420955—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018047093
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY
BROTHER, SRINIVAS, WHOSE CHEEKY
SPARKLE AND CURIOSITY TURNED
PLAY INTO A REVOLUTIONARY
PRACTICE
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C O N T E N T S
A Revolutionary Timeline
xi
Overture
1
I A Azadi Freedom
25
II B Beauvoir
29
III P Pahlavi
35
IV T Tehran
40
V S Servat Wealth
50
VI J Jaryan Flow
57
viii C O N T E N T S
VII CH Chaghaleh badoom
Unripe Almonds
62
VIII H Hamleh Attack
66
IX KH Khomeini
70
X D Durud Salute
74
XI Z Zat Instinct
79
XII R Rooznameh Newspaper
81
XIII Z Zan Woman
82
XIV ZH Zhornalist Journalist
89
XV S Surud Anthem
96
XVI SH Schoenman
100
XVII S do-Sefr Si-Sad-o-Si-yo Yek 00331
104
XVIII Z Zabt Recording
110
C O N T E N T S ix
XIX T Tulu’ Dawn
116
XX Z Zaher Appearance
118
XXI ‘AYN Eid Festival
135
XXII GH Ghazal Ode
139
XXIII F Fallaci
140
XXIV Q Qom
145
XXV K Kooh Mountain
147
XXVI G Guruh-ha Women’s Groups
150
XXVII L Lisans Bachelor’s Degree
154
XXVIII M Mard Man
156
XXIX N Nafas Breath
161
XXX V Vafadari
163