Razavi Culture and Promotion of Chastity and Hijāb: (Proposing a Grounded Theory)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associated Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran (Corresponding Author): m-kermani@um.ac.ir

2 PhD Student of Economic Sociology and Development, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Mashhad, Iran: elahe.banaei@gmail.com

3 Ph.D. in History. Research Center for Islamic Studies in the Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran: ali.b.delgosha@gmail.com

Abstract
The present study examines and analyzes the current status of chastity and hijab among the citizens of Mashhad, especially the youth, and the mechanisms of its promotion in the context of Razavi culture. This study was conducted with a qualitative approach and grounded theory method, and information was collected through semi-structured interviews. The results of the data analysis are presented under a central category entitled “Decentralization against the focal placement of elements of Razavi culture in the collective world of Iranians”. The conditions for the creation of this phenomenon are: the expansion of exclusivity against the generalization of Razavi culture, selective confrontation against integration in the application of the fundamental elements of Razavi culture, the predominance of propagandism against eloquence in the education of Razavi culture missionaries. The strategies that can be adopted by social actors against the central phenomenon include: maximum attraction against maximum rejection, participation-oriented approach against command-oriented approach and creative approach against stereotypical approach. In the end, these confrontations have resulted in consequences including: the loss of authentic cultural links in the society against their recovery, separation against the increasing integration of the religious and customary aspects of children’s life, the inability to face cultural challenges against finding opportunities for these confrontations. . Also, in explaining the category of Razavi’s culture, the concepts of dialogue, love and respect have been used as the main keywords.

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