Janet Afary

Jesilyn Faust

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 marital changes in the rural and tribal sectors of society through the works of anthropologists Erika Friedl and Mary Hegland. Part Two turns its eye to look at changes in urban marriages to new forms of cohabitation. In Part Three, the contributors explore the way technology and social media has impacted and altered the institution of family. Based on the work of new and established scholars, the collection provides an up-to-date study of an important and intensely politicized subject.

From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage

Iranian Romance in the Digital Age

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.

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