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Book Title
Familial Undercurrents: Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in...
ISBN
9781478017776
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
Familial Undercurrents : Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran
Item Height
0.5in
Author
Afsaneh Najmabadi
Item Length
9in
Publisher
Duke University Press
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Number of Pages
184 Pages

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Not long after her father died, Afsaneh Najmabadi discovered that her father had a secret second family and that she had a sister she never knew about. In Familial Undercurrents , Najmabadi uncovers her family's complex experiences of polygamous marriage to tell a larger story of the transformations of notions of love, marriage, and family life in mid-twentieth-century Iran. She traces how the idea of "marrying for love" and the desire for companionate, monogamous marriage acquired dominance in Tehran's emerging urban middle class. Considering the role played in that process by late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century romance novels, reformist newspapers, plays, and other literature, Najmabadi outlines the rituals and objects---such as wedding outfits, letter writing, and family portraits---that came to characterize the ideal companionate marriage. She reveals how in the course of one generation men's polygamy had evolved from an acceptable open practice to a taboo best kept secret. At the same time, she chronicles the urban transformations of Tehran and how its architecture and neighborhood social networks both influenced and became emblematic of the myriad forms of modern Iranian family life.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
1478017775
ISBN-13
9781478017776
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2321137904

Product Key Features

Author
Afsaneh Najmabadi
Publication Name
Familial Undercurrents : Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
184 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hq666.4.N356 2022
Reviews
Afsaneh Najmabadi's creative mélange of history and memoir makes a compelling case for microhistory and even more specifically for personal history as a living document and an archive to be explored in uncovering Iranian social history. I greatly appreciate how Najmabadi has brought history to life., This well-written book is both informative and entertaining. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals., Few scholars elevate the personal to the theoretical with the economy and elegance of Afsaneh Najmabadi. She translates a claim that her father had a secret second family into a journey of research, producing exquisite reflections on urban/space transformations that facilitated familial change. Stories are not just stories, as Najmabadi interrogates them to extract and advance their enduring theoretical significance. She sweeps into history and history making., Few scholars elevate the personal to the theoretical with the economy and elegance of Afsaneh Najmabadi. She translates a claim that her father had a secret second family into a journey of research, producing exquisite reflections on urban/space transformations that facilitated familial change. Stories are not just stories, as Najmabadi interrogates them to extract and advance their enduring theoretical significance. She sweeps into history and history-making.
Table of Content
Cast of Characters ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii In Lieu of an Introduction 1 1. Marrying for Love 13 2. Objects: Letters, Wedding Clothes, and Photographs 41 3. Meanings of Marriage: Forming a Family or Providing Sexual Pleasure 75 4. Urban Transformations 111 Epilogue: Naming Marriage, Naming Kin 127 Notes 131 Bibliography 149 Index 155
Copyright Date
2022
Topic
Sociology / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Middle East / Iran, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Lccn
2021-020918
Dewey Decimal
306.8109550904
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science

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