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Change and the Iranian family
Current anthropology • 26 (5) • Published In 1985 • Pages: 557-562
By: Nassehi-Behnam, Vida.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Nassehi-Behnam discusses the impact of modernization on the traditional Persian family. Her description of the traditional family is based on eleventh and twelfth century texts. Industrialization, juridicial and administrative reforms, urbanization, democratization and secularization of education, and introduction of mass media, are among some of the changes that have impacted on the family beginning in the twentieth century. In 1967, the Family Protection Law was enacted to accommodate these changes. Women were granted the right to divorce, to acquire an education, and to work without their husbands' consent. In spite of these changes, some tradtional practices persisted, such as choice of spouse by the family. Education and work outside the family has changed women's traditional roles in the family. Nassehi-Behnam compares the differences between urban and rural areas, especially in regard to postmarital residence, divorce rates, and size of family.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Regulation of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Nuclear family
- Extended families
- Kin relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vida Nassehi-Behnam
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 562)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 63000576
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians