Celebrating the 50th volume of the landmark Fertility, Reproduction and
Sexuality series, this book offers a much-needed analysis of shifting
reproductive policies and practices in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a
society that is usually represented as either "revolutionary" or
"oppressive." Instead, Tremayne reflects on more than four decades of
research arguing that changing reproductive behaviors on the part of
ordinary Iranians must always be viewed against the backdrop of core
cultural values and traditions, which are often reinforced, instead of
radically altered, by new reproductive technologies, juridical opinions,
and state policies.