LEADER 03461nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910460094803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58901-752-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078026 035 $a(EBL)678584 035 $a(OCoLC)712015710 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000468099 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272115 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468099 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10497657 035 $a(PQKB)11080337 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC678584 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3318 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL678584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10463175 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078026 100 $a20100824d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreative conformity$b[electronic resource] $ethe feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women /$fElizabeth M. Bucar 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aMoral traditions series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58901-739-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments -- 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. 330 $aMuch feminist scholarship has viewed Catholicism and Shi'i Islam as two religious traditions that, historically, have greeted feminist claims with skepticism or outright hostility. Creative Conformity demonstrates how certain liberal secular assumptions about these religious traditions are only partly correct and, more importantly, misleading. In this highly original study, Elizabeth Bucar compares the feminist politics of eleven U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women and explores how these women contest and affirm clerical mandates in order to expand their roles within their religious communit 410 0$aMoral traditions series. 606 $aFeminism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aFeminism$xPolitical aspects$zIran 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zIran 606 $aCatholic women$zUnited States 606 $aMuslim women$zIran 606 $aShiites$xPolitical activity$zIran 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFeminism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aFeminism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aCatholic women 615 0$aMuslim women 615 0$aShiites$xPolitical activity 676 $a305.48/68273 700 $aBucar$b Elizabeth M$0894011 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460094803321 996 $aCreative conformity$91997078 997 $aUNINA