Proper Women : feminism and the politics of respectability in Iran / Fae Chubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chubin, Fae, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Women's rights--Iran.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"This book looks at a women's empowerment NGO in Iran that struggled to connect its clientele with global notions of feminism. Clients found that the Western-informed concepts preferred by the center's staff read as upper-class. The author theorizes a sensitive relationship between global and situated notions of feminism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Studying ALLY

Women, class, and citizenship in Iran

Globalizing women's empowerment

From empowerment to advocacy

The invisible class

Oppositional consciousness and solidarities

The symbolic economy of propriety

Conclusion

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Theory, method, and politics.

Notes:

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