نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
In recent decades, the emergence of a new generation of female Shia poets in the United States and their use of the recitation (spoken word) format has led to the formation of a novel phenomenon in diaspora literature. The main focus of this research is the encounter of these poets with the intersection of religious identity and Western feminist discourses, which necessitates a rereading of women's agency in Shia history. This article seeks to answer how the components of the "ethics of care" are employed in these poems as a tool to revive female agency. Using a descriptive-analytical method and relying on Carol Gilligan's theory of the "ethics of care" and Saba Mahmood's concept of "agency," the present study analyzes the works of poets such as Syeda Fatima Raza, Batool Razavi, and Zainab Hussain. The research findings indicate that by deconstructing the concept of "mourning," these poets have elevated grief from a passive reaction to a political and narrative action. Furthermore, the manifestation of the ethics of care in metaphors such as "lullaby" and "caregiving," represents women's traditional roles as the highest level of moral courage and resistance against tyranny. Ultimately, this strategic discourse within the context of the diaspora, while deconstructing Orientalist stereotypes, has provided a "third space" for the reproduction of female power based on Shia narrative theology.
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