Sociological analysis Women Craftiness (Sly) in the Persian Folk Tales of the Qajar Era: Based on the School Literature Book

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

2 Ph. D, Student of Persian Language and Literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

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Abstract
The present study aimed to desexualize the term "sly" from patriarchal narratives of women's intelligence and determination. The School Literature Book or “Maktabkahneh Literature Book”---a collection of 70 Persian Folk Tales of the Qajar Era; the intellecto-cultural discourse of this period---instruct the basis of this theme. From among 22 of these stories, the term sly has the most frequency. The critique of the present study emphasis on the following points: first, why women are more often the target of these kinds of parochial terminology? Second, why women themselves accept such a patriarchal terminology and apply such a terminology for other women? In the present study--- based on sociological theories---qualitative method and content analysis technique have been used. Reviewing repeated cases in similar stories, it can be concluded that patriarchal and anti-Semitic reading interprets women draftiness sly or deceitful behavior while their gu iles considered talent.
Keywords: Women's Intelligence, School Literature Book, Qajar, Sociology analysis.

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