Temporary marriage in Iran : gender and body politics in modern Iranian film and literature / Claudia Yaghoobi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaghoobi, Claudia, 1974- author.

Series:

Global Middle East (Cambridge, England)

The global Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temporary marriage in literature.

Persian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Persian fiction.

Temporary marriage in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Iran.

Motion pictures.

Iran.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 298 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"In Iran, marriage has been crucial to the establishment of the family as a fundamental unit of society. Religiously speaking, marriage is a fundamental aspect of Islam, the dominant religion in Iran. The Quran abounds in verses describing the genesis of life based on love, sex, and procreation. However, sexuality can also impinge directly on the social order and thus must be regulated through marriage. In the case of Iranian women, according to Soraya Tremayne, marriage is especially "fundamental to the social identity of all women, regardless of their achievements in other spheres of life, and pressure on women to marry persists." This pressure stems from the patriarchal system in which women gain social status through their relationship with a man. Before marriage, social identity is granted through the connection of a woman with her father or legal guardian. After marriage, her status derives from a woman's relationship with her husband. Such relationships relegate women to the domain of spouse, mother, and daughter. Women are defined in the context of their relationships with their men and therefore remain in the shadows. Hence, women are considered extensions of the men in their family, whose responsibility it is to police these women's sexuality. This type of power structure is why unmarried, divorced, or widowed women pose a threat to the social order of a community, due to their alleged unbridled sexuality. Therefore, sigheh (temporary) marriages are mainly encouraged for unmarried, divorced, or widowed women in an effort to keep them sexually satisfied/controlled"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

General overview. Introduction: Body Politics and Body

Sigheh Marriages in Modern Iran

Representation of Sigheh/Sex Work in the Literature of Pahlavi Era. Gendered Violence in Moshfeq-e Kazemi's Tehran-e Makhufe

The Volatile Sigheh/Sex Workers' Bodies in Jamalzadeh's Ma'sumeh Shirazi

Colonized Bodies in Al-e Ahmad's Jashne Farkhonde

The Grotesque Sigheh/Sex Workers' Bodies in Golestan's Safar-e 'Esmat

Bodily Inscriptions in Chubak's Sang-e Sabur

The Islamic Republic and Sigheh in [the] Film Industry

Whose Body Matters in Afkhami's Showkaran

Embodiment, Power, and Politics in Farahbakhsh's Zendegi-ye Khosusiye

Reclaiming the Female Body via Writing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Yaghoobi, Claudia, 1974- Temporary marriage in Iran

ISBN:

9781108488105

1108488102

OCLC:

1119476778