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Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i Iran, Revised Edition

Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i Iran, Revised Edition

Paperback

Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

AnthropologyIran HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0815633815
ISBN13: 9780815633815
Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
Published: Oct 15 2014
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.99 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
Law of Desire explores an institution in which sexuality, morality, religious rules, secular laws, and cultural practices converge. Drawing on rich interviews that would have been denied a Western anthropologist, Haeri describes the concept of a temporary marriage contract as it is practiced in Iran. This revised edition includes a postscript contextualizing this classic work within contemporary Iranian society.

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