Rose Wellman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

"Wellman’s work is a powerful contribution in the best tradition of anthropology, from which sociologists of religion and Islam can learn a great deal."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on Translation and TransliterationIntroduction: Kinship, Islam, and the State 1. Blood, Physio-Sacred Substance, and the Making of Moral Kin2. Feeding the Family: The "Spirit" of Food in Iran3. Regenerating the Islamic Republic: Commemorating Martyrs in Provincial Iran4. Creating an Islamic Nation through FoodEpilogueNotes ReferencesIndex

Rose Wellman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

"Wellman’s work is a powerful contribution in the best tradition of anthropology, from which sociologists of religion and Islam can learn a great deal."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on Translation and TransliterationIntroduction: Kinship, Islam, and the State 1. Blood, Physio-Sacred Substance, and the Making of Moral Kin2. Feeding the Family: The "Spirit" of Food in Iran3. Regenerating the Islamic Republic: Commemorating Martyrs in Provincial Iran4. Creating an Islamic Nation through FoodEpilogueNotes ReferencesIndex