Janet Afary is Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She received her PhD in History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. Jesilyn M. Faust is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Iranian women have often been portrayed as either heroic pioneers or faceless victims. This insightful study pushes beyond those stereotypes to provide moving and authoritative accounts of what life has been and is like for women in Iran. From arranged marriages and virginity tests to the modern world of online dating and biracial children, it adds fascinating depth to our understanding of one of the world's most misunderstood countries.

• AcknowledgmentGlossaryIntroduction Part I. Norms, Romance, and the Breakdown of Arranged Urban Marriage The Emergence of Independent Women in Iran: A Generational Perspective, Masserat, Amir-Ebrahimi Transnational Marriages of Christian Filipinas and Muslim Iranian Men and Social: Experiences of their Biracial Children, Ashraf Zahedi Ideological Codes, Multiple Biases, Textbooks, and the Standard Iranian Family: Local and Global Hegemonic Formations of the Ideal Family, Amir Mirfakhraie Beyond the Shari'a: “White Marriage” in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gholam Reza Vatandoust and Maryam Sheipari Part II. Online Dating, Hymenoplasty, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies Negotiating Intimacy through Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim Women in Iran, Vahideh Golzard and Christina Miguel Recreating Virginity in Iran: Hymenoplasty as a Form of Resistance, Azal Ahmadi Whither Kinship? Assisted Reproductive Technologies and relatedness in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soraya Tremayne Part III. Reconstructing Hierarchies: Rural and Tribal Marriages How Marriage Changed in Boir Ahmad, 1900-2015, Erika Friedl Changing Perceptions and Practices of Marriage among People of Aliabad from 1978 to 2018: New Problems and Challenges, Mary Elaine Hegland Changing Established-Outsider Relations? A Case Study of Bakhtiaris in Iran, Behrouz Alikhani EpilogueJanet Afary and Roger Friedland

Janet Afary is Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She received her PhD in History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. Jesilyn M. Faust is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Iranian women have often been portrayed as either heroic pioneers or faceless victims. This insightful study pushes beyond those stereotypes to provide moving and authoritative accounts of what life has been and is like for women in Iran. From arranged marriages and virginity tests to the modern world of online dating and biracial children, it adds fascinating depth to our understanding of one of the world's most misunderstood countries.

• AcknowledgmentGlossaryIntroduction Part I. Norms, Romance, and the Breakdown of Arranged Urban Marriage The Emergence of Independent Women in Iran: A Generational Perspective, Masserat, Amir-Ebrahimi Transnational Marriages of Christian Filipinas and Muslim Iranian Men and Social: Experiences of their Biracial Children, Ashraf Zahedi Ideological Codes, Multiple Biases, Textbooks, and the Standard Iranian Family: Local and Global Hegemonic Formations of the Ideal Family, Amir Mirfakhraie Beyond the Shari'a: “White Marriage” in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gholam Reza Vatandoust and Maryam Sheipari Part II. Online Dating, Hymenoplasty, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies Negotiating Intimacy through Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim Women in Iran, Vahideh Golzard and Christina Miguel Recreating Virginity in Iran: Hymenoplasty as a Form of Resistance, Azal Ahmadi Whither Kinship? Assisted Reproductive Technologies and relatedness in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soraya Tremayne Part III. Reconstructing Hierarchies: Rural and Tribal Marriages How Marriage Changed in Boir Ahmad, 1900-2015, Erika Friedl Changing Perceptions and Practices of Marriage among People of Aliabad from 1978 to 2018: New Problems and Challenges, Mary Elaine Hegland Changing Established-Outsider Relations? A Case Study of Bakhtiaris in Iran, Behrouz Alikhani EpilogueJanet Afary and Roger Friedland

Janet Afary is Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She received her PhD in History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. Jesilyn M. Faust is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Iranian women have often been portrayed as either heroic pioneers or faceless victims. This insightful study pushes beyond those stereotypes to provide moving and authoritative accounts of what life has been and is like for women in Iran. From arranged marriages and virginity tests to the modern world of online dating and biracial children, it adds fascinating depth to our understanding of one of the world's most misunderstood countries.

• AcknowledgmentGlossaryIntroduction Part I. Norms, Romance, and the Breakdown of Arranged Urban Marriage The Emergence of Independent Women in Iran: A Generational Perspective, Masserat, Amir-Ebrahimi Transnational Marriages of Christian Filipinas and Muslim Iranian Men and Social: Experiences of their Biracial Children, Ashraf Zahedi Ideological Codes, Multiple Biases, Textbooks, and the Standard Iranian Family: Local and Global Hegemonic Formations of the Ideal Family, Amir Mirfakhraie Beyond the Shari'a: “White Marriage” in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gholam Reza Vatandoust and Maryam Sheipari Part II. Online Dating, Hymenoplasty, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies Negotiating Intimacy through Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim Women in Iran, Vahideh Golzard and Christina Miguel Recreating Virginity in Iran: Hymenoplasty as a Form of Resistance, Azal Ahmadi Whither Kinship? Assisted Reproductive Technologies and relatedness in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soraya Tremayne Part III. Reconstructing Hierarchies: Rural and Tribal Marriages How Marriage Changed in Boir Ahmad, 1900-2015, Erika Friedl Changing Perceptions and Practices of Marriage among People of Aliabad from 1978 to 2018: New Problems and Challenges, Mary Elaine Hegland Changing Established-Outsider Relations? A Case Study of Bakhtiaris in Iran, Behrouz Alikhani EpilogueJanet Afary and Roger Friedland