Rethinking global sisterhood : western feminism and Iran /

Nima Naghibi makes powerful connections among feminism, imperialism, and the discourses of global sisterhood. Naghibi investigates topics including the state-sponsored Womens Organization of Iran and the involvement of feminists such as Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem in the Iranian feminism moveme...

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Main Author: Naghibi, Nima
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
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Summary:Nima Naghibi makes powerful connections among feminism, imperialism, and the discourses of global sisterhood. Naghibi investigates topics including the state-sponsored Womens Organization of Iran and the involvement of feminists such as Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem in the Iranian feminism movement. She also examines the veiled woman in the films of Tahmineh Milani, Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Kim Longinotto, and Mahnaz Afzali.
Item Description:Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions
Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 187 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.
ISBN:9780816654222
0816654220