Creative conformity
Subtitle: the feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women
By: Elizabeth M. Bucar
Series: Moral traditions series; Moral traditions series
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781589017399
Subjects: Catholic women; Political activity; Shiites; Muslim women; Feminism; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : creative conformity, clerical guidance, and a rhetorical turn; title: What's a good woman to do? Recasting the symbolics of moral exemplars; title: Surprises from the laps of mothers : leveraging the gaps in procreative virtues; title: Scripture, sacred law, and hermeneutics : exploring gendered meanings in textual records; title: Performance beyond the pulpit : presenting disorderly bodies in public spaces; title: Republication of moral discourse : compromise and censorship as political freedom; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue : revisiting Shahla Habibi.