商品簡介
Bucar (religious studies, U. of North Carolina-Greensboro) uses rhetorical analysis to examine similarities and differences in how Catholic women in the US and Shi'a women in Iran respond to the rulings of male leaders in religious communities that are known for their male chauvinist reputations. The book is based on interviews with 11 women in the US and Iran in 2004; these 'creative conformers' are public intellectuals in their local communities, who construct new rhetorical spaces in their response to Pope John Paul's and Khomeni's moral guidance. The author sees the study as an example of cross-cultural feminist politics, asking whether such a thing as cross-cultural feminist politics actually exists, and if so, how can it be studied in comparison without privileging one community's actions over another's? The book's readership includes those interested in gendered scholarship and in Christian and Muslim activism. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Elizabeth M. Bucar is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the coeditor ofDoes Human Rights Need God?
