Temporary Marriage In Iran: Gender And Body Politics In Modern Iranian Film And Literature

Analysing the representation of women in modern novels, short stories and cinema, this study is an examination of the controversial social institution of sigheh or temporary marriage in Iran, not just as an institution but also as a set of practices, identities and meanings that have transformed over the last two centuries.

• | By (Author): Claudia (University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Yaghoobi
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 24, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 310 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108738435
• | ISBN-13: 9781108738439