Telegraph

This dissertation examines the impact of the introduction of the telegraph upon Iran between 1858 and, 1909. Beginning with an analysis behind the decisions by both the Iranian and British governments to build telegraphs in the country, the study continues to trace the growth of…

This dissertation uncovers a vast archive of fictional female telegraph, telephone, and typewriter girls, combining rigorous historical research with feminist, psychoanalytic readings of mass cultural texts to show how the global gendering of low-level communication work shaped …