Mothers of the nation: The effect of nationalist ideology on women's reproductive rights in Ireland ...

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" Mothers of the nation: The effect of nationalist ideology on women's reproductive rights in Ireland and Iran "
Sarah O'Mahoney

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 Iran\ Sarah 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)