| | | Document Type | : | Latin Dissertation | | Language of Document | : | English | | Record Number | : | 53543 | | Doc. No | : | TL23497 | | Call number | : | MR53770 | | Main Entry | : | Sarah O'Mahoney | | Title & Author | : | Mothers of the nation: The effect of nationalist ideology on women's reproductive rights in Ireland and IranSarah O'Mahoney | | College | : | McGill University (Canada) | | Date | : | 2008 | | Degree | : | LL.M. | | student score | : | 2008 | | Page No | : | 132 | | Abstract | : | Traditionally, studies of nationalism have largely ignored the issue of gender but, more recently, there is a growing body of feminist scholarship asserting that all nationalisms are gendered and exploring the effects of this gendering on women. In this thesis, I will examine how the focus on devout mothers as symbols of the nation in nationalist ideology can, when codified into law, engender negative effects on women's reproductive autonomy. Two countries that show surprising parallels in this regard are the Republic of Ireland and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Through comparing these two countries, one Catholic and one Muslim, I hope to highlight the ways in which diverse nationalisms use religion to justify what are politically motivated actions taken to control and subjugate women. | | Subject | : | Social sciences; Law; 0398:Law | | Added Entry | : | McGill University (Canada) |
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