Women, faith, and family : reclaiming gender justice through religious activism /
Women, Faith, and Family takes an insider look into the practices adopted by the E'telaf-i Islamiyyih Zanan (EIZ), a coalition of Iranian women who embrace their faith as an essential component in their pursuit of gender justice. By using EIZ's activism as a lens through which to view wome...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | Women, Faith, and Family takes an insider look into the practices adopted by the E'telaf-i Islamiyyih Zanan (EIZ), a coalition of Iranian women who embrace their faith as an essential component in their pursuit of gender justice. By using EIZ's activism as a lens through which to view women's legal status, Samaneh Oladi tackles complex questions about the limits of female agency and shows how Muslim women's access to and use of religious resources strengthens their position in gender negotiations. Female religious activists not only struggle against patriarchy and conventional paradigms, they also cultivate a unique women's jurisprudence that simultaneously challenges Western liberalism and religious orthodoxy. Oladi provides a nuanced portrait of Iranian women's activism and their attempts at reforming their legal status, challenging deep-rooted assumptions in secular feminism that there is an intrinsic discord between women's agency and religion. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 233 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520400443 0520400445 9780520400450 0520400453 |