Iranian Romance in the Digital Age
From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage
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…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Faust, Jesilyn (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7556-1828-6
- EAN: 9780755618286
- Produktnummer: 35396389
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'447 KB
- Abbildungen: 5 bw illus
Über den Autor
Janet Afary is Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She received her PhD in History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. Jesilyn M. Faust is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
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