Creative conformity the feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women - Bucar, Elizabeth M. (Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2011)
Acknowledgments -- Note on transcriptions -- Prologue -- Introduction: Creative conformity, clerical guidance, and a rhetorical turn -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Revisiting Shahla Habibi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: 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; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies; Electronic books