Inconceivable Iran

<p> 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.</p>