Proper women [electronic book] : feminism and the politics of respectability in Iran / Fae Chubin.
By: Chubin, Fae [author]
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BookPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: online resource (193 pages) : color illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781439923276 (hardback); 9781439923283 (paperback); 9781439923290 (eBook).Subject(s): Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Women social reformers -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Feminists -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Feminism -- Iran | Women's rights -- Iran | Non-governmental organizations -- IranDDC classification: 305.420955 Online resources: Access eBook | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Proper Women tells the unprecedented story of an NGO-led "women's empowerment" program in Tehran that was created to serve young, impoverished Iranians and Afghan refugees. Fae Chubin recounts the well-intentioned efforts of cosmopolitan NGO administrators whose loyalty to liberal feminist principles of individualism, sexual autonomy, and anti-traditionalism complicated their objective of empowering marginalized women.
Chubin brings attention to the varying class, ethnic, religious, and national identities of NGO staff and clients that shaped their differing understandings of oppression and justice. Her examination of the tensions within the organization reveals why the efforts of the NGO workers failed to gain purchase among the intended beneficiaries.
Proper Women concludes by encouraging feminist activists to not only examine the role of local politics and transnational connections in shaping their definitions of empowerment, but also consider the advantages of a justice-enhancing practice as opposed to justice monism for their target populations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction.: Knowledge Unlatched. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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