Child marriage in constitutional era newspapers A historical analysis of the approach of constitutional era newspapers to the phenomenon of child marriage

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1 Department of History, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Professor of History, University of Tabriz

10.30465/hcs.2024.49124.2944

Abstract

The developments and transformations caused by the constitutional revolution have been studied mainly in political fields, while constitutionalism has also caused critical cultural and social discourses related to the lives of Iranian girls and women and their issues and traditional life patterns. drew attention and criticism. In this changed atmosphere and connection with the issues of girls and women, great efforts were made so that phenomena and issues such as child marriage and early marriage find a place for public discussion in newspapers and, through this way, the norms of the past are challenged. The establishment of women's newspapers was recognized as an influential place for the issue of girls and women. Some newspapers of the constitutional era, especially women's newspapers and female writers of Zannagar newspapers, formed a critical discourse and flow using written text and images about the traditional life of girls and women, and the change in it was based on social transformation in Iranian society knew. A discourse that was considered very progressive and daring in its time. This article has analyzed and analyzed why and how newspapers of the constitutional era, especially women's newspapers, approach the issue of child marriage and its various causes and consequences.

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