Intersectional Feminism and the Politics of Respectability in Iran
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Abstract
Proper Women: Feminism and Politics of Respectability in Iran takes a critical anti-imperialist, anti-essentialist perspective to address the often-overlooked aspects of feminist discourses within the context of Iranian feminism: class and ethnicity.Fae Chubin takes an intersectional lens in her analysis of the ALLY, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Tehran, Iran, and presents the detailed and sophisticated nuances of tension between the different layers of the organization: the cosmopolitan administrator, middle-class staff, and impoverished clients.Throughout this ethnographic research and documentation, Chubin presents a thick description of how the construction of a universal account of middle-class oppressed women dismisses the intersection of identities and reproduces inequalities along the lines of class and ethnicity.While Chubin is engaged with an anti-imperialist and anti-essentialist understanding of the history of feminism in her analysis and situates her work within the critical theories framework, her arguments deeply engage with the exploration of meanings behind the everyday interactions between the different groups in the ALLY.Chapter 1 introduces the ALLY organization, how it has been shaped, and how it operates with the existing tensions between the contentious character of feminist activism and class politics in Iran and the conflicting perceptions of justice and empowerment within the organization.It also addresses methodological approaches in studying the organization and the ethical considerations of working with vulnerable clients, as well as in the context of friendship relationships.Chubin then reviews the history of feminism in Iran, from the 19th century in the Qajar dynasty to the Pahlavi and then the Islamic Republic (Chapter 2).Throughout this review, she demonstrates how women's rights discourses were dominated by the elite in the monarchical systems of Qajar and Pahlavi, and gender reforms had a top-down approach and were prominently enacted by the royal family.This mainstream feminism was deeply associated with Westernization,
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