@article{ART003183718},
author={KANGYL KO},
title={Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2025},
volume={82},
number={1},
pages={369-395},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369}
TY - JOUR
AU - KANGYL KO
TI - Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2025
VL - 82
IS - 1
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 369
EP - 395
SN - 1598-3021
AB - The purpose of this article is to examine how Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis represents the oppression of women in Iran’s theocratic regime and their resistance to it after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. This article first examines the ways in which Persepolis utilizes the genre features of the graphic novel to depict the oppression of women under an Islamic fundamentalist government. Persepolis demonstrates that the theocratic regime adopted an androcentric nationalism that sexualized Iranian women’s bodies and viewed them as the exclusive property of a male group.
Persepolis considers the ways in which Iranian women resisted the oppressive policies of Islamic fundamentalists in the 1980s and 1990s. The book demonstrates how Western popular culture was subversively appropriated by Iranian women at the time. Persepolis also presents solidarity among women as an important form of resistance.
KW - Persepolis;Marjane Satrapi;Iranian Women;Islamic Revolution;Sexuality;Nationalism;Western Culture;Graphic Novel
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
ER -
KANGYL KO. (2025). Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(1), 369-395.
KANGYL KO. 2025, "Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.82, no.1 pp.369-395. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
KANGYL KO "Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82.1 pp.369-395 (2025) : 369.
KANGYL KO. Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis. 2025; 82(1), 369-395. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
KANGYL KO. "Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.1 (2025) : 369-395.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
KANGYL KO. Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(1), 369-395. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
KANGYL KO. Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2025; 82(1) 369-395. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
KANGYL KO. Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis. 2025; 82(1), 369-395. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
KANGYL KO. "Islamic Revolution, Iranian Women and Persepolis" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.1 (2025) : 369-395.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.369
