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Law of desire : temporary marriage in shi'i iran / Shahla Haeri.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haeri, Shahla, author.
- Series:
- Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
- Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Temporary marriage--Iran.
- Temporary marriage.
- Sex customs--Iran.
- Sex customs.
- Muta.
- Iran.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p.)
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Revised edition includes new postscript "Invitation to 'proper sex': revisiting temporary marriage Mut'a in Iran" (pages 213-238), focusing primarily on the political and religious elite's discourse on temporary marriage.
- Contents:
- Marriage as contract
- Permanent marriage: Nikah
- Temporary Marriage: Muta
- The power of ambiguity
- Women's life stories
- Men's interviews.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 271-287.
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780815652946
- 0815652941
- OCLC:
- 900223637
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