Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i Iran, Revised Edition (Revised)

Author/Contributor(s):	Haeri, Shahla
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Date:	10/15/2014
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Law of Desire explores an institution in which sexuality, morality, religious rules, secular laws, and cultural practices converge. Drawing on rich interviews that would have been denied a Western anthropologist, Haeri describes the concept of a temporary marriage contract as it is practiced in Iran. This revised edition includes a postscript contextualizing this classic work within contemporary Iranian society.