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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816102203321

Autore

Bucar Elizabeth M

Titolo

Creative conformity [[electronic resource] ] : the feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women / / Elizabeth M. Bucar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-58901-752-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Moral traditions series

Disciplina

305.48/68273

Soggetti

Feminism - Political aspects - United States

Feminism - Political aspects - Iran

Women - Political activity - United States

Women - Political activity - Iran

Catholic women - United States

Muslim women - Iran

Shiites - Political activity - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Note on transcription -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1 -- What's a good woman to do? Recasting the symbolics of moral exemplars -- 2. Surprises from the laps of mothers: Leveraging the gaps in procreative virtues -- 3. Scripture, sacred law, and hermeneutics: exploring gendered meanings in textual records -- 4. Performance beyond the pulpit: Presenting disorderly bodies in public spaces -- 5. Republication of moral discourse: Compromise and censorship as political freedom -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Revisiting Mrs. Habibi and feminist politics -- Glossary of working definitions and commonly used Arabic and Persian words -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

Much feminist scholarship has viewed Catholicism and Shi'i Islam as two religious traditions that, historically, have greeted feminist claims with skepticism or outright hostility. Creative Conformity demonstrates how certain liberal secular assumptions about these religious traditions are only partly correct and, more importantly, misleading. In this highly original study, Elizabeth Bucar compares the feminist politics of eleven



U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women and explores how these women contest and affirm clerical mandates in order to expand their roles within their religious community