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Law of desire: temporary marriage in Shi'i Iran

Shahla Haeri
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE (page ix)
  • SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION, CITATION, AND DATES (page xiii)
  • INTRODUCTION (page 1)
  • Part One: LAW AS IMPOSED (page 21)
    • 1. MARRIAGE AS CONTRACT (page 23)
    • 2. PERMANENT MARRIAGE: Nikah (page 33)
    • 3. TEMPORARY MARRIAGE: Mut'a (page 49)
  • Part Two: LAW AS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE (page 73)
    • 4. THE POWER OF AMBIGUITY Cultural Improvisations on the Theme of Temporary Marriage (page 75)
  • Part Three: LAW AS PERCEIVED (page 103)
    • 5. WOMEN'S LIFE STORIES (page 105)
    • 6. MEN'S INTERVIEWS (page 153)
  • CONCLUSION (page 199)
  • NOTES (page 213)
  • GLOSSARY (page 231)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 237)
  • INDEX (page 251)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
IraS 32.1 (Winter 1999): 149-152 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4311221
FEMR 38 (Summer 1991): 71-78 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1395379
DWI 33.2 (Nov. 1993): 291-292 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1570957
IJMES 24.1 (Feb. 1992): 155-157 http://www.jstor.org/stable/163780
AAAPSS 524 (Nov. 1992): 195-197 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1046719
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Published: c1989
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780815624653 (hardcover)
  • 9780815624837 (paper)
Subject
  • Women's Studies
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