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Author Bucar, Elizabeth M.

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

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

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Description xxv, 201 p.
Series Moral traditions series
Moral traditions series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781589017399 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781589017528 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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