num_pages: 280
description: 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.
language: English
title: Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i Iran
titlecomplete: Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i Iran (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)
genres: Religion, Iran, Islam
ratings_count: 49
places: Iran
publisher: Syracuse University Press