Populism And Feminism In Iran: Women's Struggle In A Male-defined Revolutionary Movement (women's Studies At York Series)

Annotation 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-23 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 The Emerging Women’s Movement....Pages 27-36 Women and Social Reforms....Pages 37-53 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Islamists and Women’s Rights....Pages 57-71 Secular Intellectuals and the ‘Emancipation of Women’....Pages 72-87 Sexual Politics of the Left....Pages 88-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 The Fedayeen and Women’s Struggle....Pages 107-138 The National Union of Women....Pages 139-158 A Failed Socialist-Feminist Experience....Pages 159-182 Conclusion: Finding a Space, Reclaiming Politics....Pages 183-190 Back Matter....Pages 191-217 This text considers the women's movement in post-revolution Iran. Women presented the first effective challenge to the Islamic regime and the clerical authority in post-revolutionary Iran. The book includes interviews with members of the Iranian socialist and women's organizations. This book looks at how Iranian women struggled for their legal rights and personal freedoms and how Iranian socialists refused to support the autonomous women's organizations.
Women did not emerge as a separate political force until their involvement in the national struggle for constitutional government during 1905-11. Haideh Moghissi. Repr. With Corrections. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.