Kinship, law and religion
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Kinship, law and religion

An anthropological study of assisted reproductive technologies in Iran

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Kinship, law and religion

An anthropological study of assisted reproductive technologies in Iran

About this book

This monograph examines the Iranian and Shia legal debates on technologies of assisted reproduction (including embryo donation and surrogacy) and looks at the regulations and implementation of these technologies in Iran. In particular, it addresses: 1) an analysis of the moral reasoning embedded in the Shia theological legal discourse on reproductive technology and how this tradition interprets assisted reproduction with a particular focus on underlying concepts, structure and principles of kinship; 2) the emergence and development of the relevant legislation, regulations and administrative policies and how this might shape the relationship between civil and religious law in Iran, and 3) the ways in which reproductive technology is used and understood with particular focus on underlying values, local narratives and the resulting societal dynamics. The methodological approach for this research is a combination of extensive ethnography and textual analysis of important academic and religious seminary publications in Iran, from Shia jurisprudence (fiqh) and Persian histories to the analysis of laws and verdicts.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of content
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Note on transliteration
  5. 1. Framing the issues
  6. 2. Ideas about Iranian kinship
  7. 3. Shia approaches to assisted reproductive technologies
  8. 4. Embryo donation law and surrogacy regulation: the intersection of religion, law and ethics
  9. 5. Surrogacy as doing a good deed
  10. 6. A priceless gift: a short story of surrogacy
  11. 7. “M as in Mother”: medical perspectives, clinical environments and social dynamics
  12. 8. Cousin marriage, siblingship and reproductive technologies
  13. 9. Conclusion
  14. Appendix 1
  15. Appendix 2
  16. Glossary
  17. Bibliography