Overview

Celebrating the 50th volume of the landmark Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality series, this book offers a much-needed analysis of shifting reproductive policies and practices in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a society that is usually represented as either “revolutionary” or “oppressive.” Instead, Tremayne reflects on more than four decades of research  arguing that changing reproductive behaviors on the part of ordinary Iranians must always be viewed against the backdrop of core cultural values and traditions, which are often reinforced, instead of radically altered, by new reproductive technologies, juridical opinions, and state policies.

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Author:   Soraya Tremayne
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781800736719

ISBN 10:   1800736711
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   14 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Modernity, Discord, Compliance Chapter 1. Change and Face in Modern Iran (2006) Chapter 2. Modernity and Early Marriage in Iran: A View from Within (2006) Chapter 3. The Four Faces of Iranian Fatherhood (2014) Part II: Population, Reproduction, Politics Chapter 4. And Never the Twain Shall Meet : Reproductive Health Policies in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2004) Chapter 5. As List E Karhayee Ke Bayad Anjame Midadam Khat Khord : Contemporary Reproductive Body Politic in Iran (2020) Chapter 6. The Only Thing [the State is] Good at is Intruding in People's Beds : Citizens as Tools of Reproduction Part III: Kinship, Family, Gender Chapter 7. The Down Side of Gamete Donation: Challenging Happy Family Rhetoric in Iran (2012) Chapter 8. Gender and Reproductive Technologies in Shia Iran (2014) Chapter 9. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Making and Unmaking of Kin in Iran: Transformation or Variation on a Theme? (2018) Part IV: Fertility, Religion, Technology Chapter 10. Law, Ethics, and Donor Technologies in Shia Iran (2009) Chapter 11. Conceiving IVF in Iran (2016) Chapter 12. Third-Party Gamete Donation, Anonymity, and the Conundrum of Lineage Conclusion Index

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All in all, this is a one-of-a-kind volume by the leading anthropologist of Iranian reproduction. It will make a vital contribution. * Marcia C. Inhorn, Yale University

Author Information

Soraya Tremayne is a social anthropologist, the Co-Founding Director of the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, and a Research Affiliate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She is the Founding Editor of the series Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality and was formerly Director of the International Gender Studies at the University of Oxford.

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