Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i IranDrawing on rich interviews that would have been denied a Western anthropoligist, the author describes the concept of a temporary-marriage contract, in which a man and an unmarried woman decide how long they want to stay married to each other (from one hour to ninety-nine years) and how much money is to be given to the temporary wife. |
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Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi’i Iran, Revised Edition Shahla Haeri No preview available - 2014 |
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