Shahla Haeri: 1 book
Law of Desire
Temporary Marriage in Shi’i Iran, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
As an Iranian Muslim woman and a granddaughter of a well-known ayatollah, Shahla Haeri was accepted into the communities where she conducted her fieldwork on mut’a, temporary marriage. Mut’a is legally sanctioned among the Twelver Shi’ites who live predominantly in Iran.
Drawing on rich interviews...
