Creative Conformity The Feminist Politics of U. S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'I Women

Name: Creative Conformity The Feminist Politics of U. S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'I Women
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ISBN: 9781589017399

ISBN-10: 1589017390

ISBN-13: 9781589017399

Edition: 2011

Authors: Elizabeth M. Bucar

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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 communities and national politics.Using scriptural analysis and personal interviews, Creative Conformity…

Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 3/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on Transcriptions


Preface


Introduction: Creative Conformity, Clerical Guidance, and a Rhetorical Turn



What's a Good Woman to Do? Recasting the Symbolics of Moral Exemplars



Surprises from the Laps of Mothers: Leveraging the Gaps in Procreative Virtues



Scripture, Sacred Law, and Hermeneutics: Exploring Gendered Meanings in Textual Records



Performance beyond the Pulpit: Presenting Disorderly Bodies in Public Spaces



Republication of Moral Discourse: Compromise and Censorship as Political Freedom


Conclusion


Epilogue: Revisiting Shahla Habibi


Glossary


Bibliography


Index