Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=cbjm20 British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies ISSN: 1353-0194 (Print) 1469-3542 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cbjm20 Persian ‘Rashti jokes’: modern Iran’s palimpsests of gheyrat-based masculinity Mostafa Abedinifard To cite this article: Mostafa Abedinifard (2019) Persian ‘Rashti jokes’: modern Iran’s palimpsests of gheyrat-based masculinity, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 46:4, 564-582, DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2018.1447440 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2018.1447440 Published online: 22 Mar 2018. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 459 View related articles View Crossmark data