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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811572003321

Autore

Moallem Minoo

Titolo

Between warrior brother and veiled sister : Islamic fundamentalism and the politics of patriarchy in Iran / / Minoo Moallem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005

ISBN

1-4237-1489-X

0-520-93846-1

1-59875-521-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/0955

Soggetti

Feminism - Iran

Islamic fundamentalism - Iran

Imperialism - Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Fields of Visibility; 2. The Civic Body and the Order of the Visible; 3. The Tragic Paradox of Revolution; 4. The Sacralization of Politics and the Desacralization of Religion; 5. Transnationalism, Feminism, and Fundamentalism; Postscript; Glossary of Important Names and Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Minoo Moallem challenges the mainstream stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims as backward, fanatical, and premodern by showing how Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism are by-products of modernity. Writing with a deep personal and scholarly concern for recent Iranian history, Moallem refers to the gendered notions of brother and sister as keys to understanding the invention of the Islamic ummat as a modern fraternal community.