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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor Jesilyn M. Faust is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Vorwort An original volume that examines the changes in the institution of marriage and family planning in Tehran. Zusammenfassung Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, there was a dramatic reversal of women’srights, and the state revived many premodern social conventions throughmodern means and institutions. Customs such as the enforced veiling of women,easy divorce for men, child marriage, and polygamy were robustly reintroducedand those who did not conform to societal strictures were severely punished. Atthe same time, new social and economic programs benefited the urban and ruralpoor, especially women, which had a direct impact on gender relations and theinstitution of marriage. Edited by Janet Afary and Jesilyn Faust, this interdisciplinaryvolume responds to the growing interest and need for literature on gender, marriageand family relations in the Islamic context. The book examines how the institutionof marriage transformed in Iran, paying close attention to the country’s cultureand politics. Part One examines changes in urban marriages to new forms ofcohabitation. In Part Two contributors, such as Soraya Tremayne, explore the waytechnology 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 sectorsof society through the works of anthropologists including Erika Friedl and MaryHegland. Based on the work of both new and established scholars, the bookprovides an up-to-date study of an important and intensely politicized subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentGlossaryIntroduction P art 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 amo...
