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Burying the beloved marriage, realism, and reform in modern Iran

Title
Burying the beloved [electronic resource] : marriage, realism, and reform in modern Iran / Amy Motlagh.
Author
Motlagh, Amy, 1976-
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 183 pages)
Uniform Title
Burying the beloved (Online)
Alternative Title
Burying the beloved (Online)
Subject
  • Persian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Persian literature > Social aspects > Iran
  • Literature and society > Iran > History > 20th century
  • Law and literature > Iran > History > 20th century
  • Realism in literature
  • Marriage in literature
  • Women in literature
  • Women's rights > Iran
  • Women > Iran > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages157-174) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : burying the past : Iranian modernity's marriage to realism -- Dismembering and re-membering the beloved : how the Civil Code remade marriage and marriage remade love -- Wedding or funeral? : the Family Protection Act and the bride's consent -- Ain't I a woman? : domesticity's other -- Exhuming the beloved, revising the past : lawlessness, postmodernism, and heterotopia -- A metaphor for civil society? : marriage and "rights talk" in the Khatami period -- Conclusion : a severed head? : Iranian literary modernity in transnational context.
LCCN
2011007416
OCLC
ssj0000632966
Author
Motlagh, Amy, 1976-
Title
Burying the beloved [electronic resource] : marriage, realism, and reform in modern Iran / Amy Motlagh.
Imprint
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages157-174) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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