Populism and Feminism in Iran: Women's Struggle in a Male-Defined Revolutionary Movement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780333674123)

Women presented the first effective challenge to the Islamic regime and the clerical authority in post-revolutionary Iran. Women's activism in support of their legal rights and personal freedom, however, did not develop into a strong movement against the rising fundamentalism. The Iranian socialists did not support women's autonomous organizations. The convergence of the Left's populism with Islamic populism, and the influence of the Iranian/Shiite political culture that promotes male authority and female submission, could not reconcile with women's claims to individual rights, choice, and personal freedom and their struggle for autonomy and self-determination in private or public life.

Author: Haideh Moghissi
ISBN-10: 033367412X
ISBN-13: 9780333674123
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/18/1996
Pages: 217
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d