Conceptualizing Iranian anthropology : past and present perspectives /: past and present perspectives. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Shahnaz R. Najdmabadi.
• Other Names: Nadjmabadi, Shahnaz R, 1947-
• Contents: Introduction ; Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi PART I: FROM FOLKLORE TO ANTHROPOLOGY: THE PASSAGE Chapter 1. The Contribution of Foreign Anthropologists to Iranology; Ali A. Bulookbashi Chapter 2. Storytelling as a Constituent of Popular Culture: Folk Narrative Research in Contemporary Iran; Ulrich Marzolph Chapter 3. Iranian Anthropology – Crossing Boundaries: Influences of Modernization, Social Transformation and Globalization; Mary Elaine Hegland PART II: VOICES FROM WITHIN: INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONS Chapter 4. Anthropology in Post-revolutionary Iran; Nematollah Fazeli Chapter 5. Making and Remaking an Academic Tradition: Towards an Indigenous Anthropology in Iran; Nasser Fakouhi Chapter 6. Iranian Anthropologists Are Women; Soheila Shahshahani PART III: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRACTICE: CONSTRAINTS AND POSSIBILITIES Chapter 7. Applied Anthropology in Iran?; Jean-Pierre Digard Chapter 8. Past Experiences and Future Perspectives of an Indigenous Anthropologist on Anthropological Work in Iran; Mohammad Shahbazi Chapter 9. Anthropological Research in Iran; Lois Beck Chapter 10. Being from There: Dilemmas of a 'Native Anthropologist'; Ziba Mir-Hosseini PART IV: PAST AND PRESENT PERSPECTIVES: CHALLENGING THE FUTURE Chapter 11. Usual Topics: Taboo Themes and New Objects in Iranian Anthropology; Christian Bromberger Chapter 12. Islamophobia and Malaise in Anthropology; Fariba Adelkhah Chapter 13. Personal Reflections on Anthropology of and in Iran; Richard Tapper Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
• Subjects: 955; Anthropology -- Iran -- History; Anthropology -- Iran -- Philosophy; Anthropology -- Iran -- Methodology; Islam and culture -- Iran; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology; Anthropology; Anthropology -- Methodology; Anthropology -- Philosophy; Islam and culture; Manners and customs; Iran -- Social life and customs; Iran; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845457952; 1845457951
• Related ISBNs: 9781845456269; 1845456262
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-260) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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