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List of contents
Acknowledgment
Glossary
Introduction
Part I. Norms, Romance, and the Breakdown of Arranged Urban Marriage
The Emergence of Independent Women in Iran: A Generational Perspective,
Masserat, Amir-Ebrahimi
Transnational Marriages of Christian Filipinas and Muslim Iranian Men and Social: Experiences of their Biracial Children, Ashraf Zahedi
Ideological Codes, Multiple Biases, Textbooks, and the Standard Iranian Family: Local and Global Hegemonic Formations of the Ideal Family, Amir Mirfakhraie
Beyond the Shari’a: “White Marriage” in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gholam Reza Vatandoust and Maryam Sheipari
Part II. Online Dating, Hymenoplasty, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Negotiating Intimacy through Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim Women in Iran, Vahideh Golzard and Christina Miguel
Recreating Virginity in Iran: Hymenoplasty as a Form of Resistance, Azal Ahmadi
Whither Kinship? Assisted Reproductive Technologies and relatedness in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soraya Tremayne
Part III. Reconstructing Hierarchies: Rural and Tribal Marriages
How Marriage Changed in Boir Ahmad, 1900-2015, Erika Friedl
Changing Perceptions and Practices of Marriage among People of Aliabad from 1978 to 2018: New Problems and Challenges, Mary Elaine Hegland
Changing Established-Outsider Relations? A Case Study of Bakhtiaris in Iran, Behrouz Alikhani
Epilogue
Janet Afary and Roger Friedland
About the author
Jesilyn M. Faust is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
Summary
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, there was a dramatic reversal of women’s
rights, and the state revived many premodern social conventions through
modern means and institutions. Customs such as the enforced veiling of women,
easy divorce for men, child marriage, and polygamy were robustly reintroduced
and those who did not conform to societal strictures were severely punished. At
the same time, new social and economic programs benefited the urban and rural
poor, especially women, which had a direct impact on gender relations and the
institution of marriage. Edited by Janet Afary and Jesilyn Faust, this interdisciplinary
volume responds to the growing interest and need for literature on gender, marriage
and family relations in the Islamic context. The book examines how the institution
of marriage transformed in Iran, paying close attention to the country’s culture
and politics. Part One examines changes in urban marriages to new forms of
cohabitation. In Part Two contributors, such as Soraya Tremayne, explore the way
technology and social media has impacted and altered the institution of family.
Part Three turns its eye to look at marital changes in the rural and tribal sectors
of society through the works of anthropologists including Erika Friedl and Mary
Hegland. Based on the work of both new and established scholars, the book
provides an up-to-date study of an important and intensely politicized subject.
Foreword
An original volume that examines the changes in the institution of marriage and family planning in Tehran.
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A fascinating set of studies exploring how Iranian woman negotiate changing expectations of romance and marriage amidst the complex and often contradictory effects of urbanization, modernization, the spread of social media, and the impact of the Islamic Revolution.
