Description
Book Synopsis 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.
Trade Review “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
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
