Familial Undercurrents: Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran

by Afsaneh Najmabadi

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478017775
• ISBN13: 9781478017776
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"