WOMEN'S AGENCY AND HOUSEHOLD DIPLOMACY
| Autor: | Shahin Gerami, Melodye Lehnerer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Oppression
Sociology and Political Science Acquiescence media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Gender studies Resistance (psychoanalysis) Gender Studies Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 050903 gender studies Islamic fundamentalism Fundamentalism Agency (sociology) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology 0509 other social sciences Subversion Diplomacy media_common |
| Zdroj: | Gender & Society. 15:556-573 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3977 0891-2432 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/089124301015004004 |
| Popis: | The overall oppressive effect on women's rights of religious fundamentalism has been well documented in the literature. When looking at women's resistance to fundamentalism, it is important to examine not only organized efforts but individual women's agency in subverting or co-opting these movements toward their own ends. Using a series of narratives, the authors discuss four strategies used by Iranian women to negotiate the patriarchal practices of Islamic fundamentalism. These women crafted agency by responding to the demands of family and state through collaboration, acquiescence, co-optation, and subversion. Their narratives of agency show how some women negotiated the economic hardship and gender oppression brought on by the Iranian revolution and how these negotiations affected women's options when filtered through the rhetoric of Islamic fundamentalism. The purpose of the article is to contribute further to the feminist discourse that has moved beyond victimization narratives. |
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