The Zurkhāneh and Its Milieu - Philippe Rochard

The Zurkhāneh and Its Milieu

A Study of Traditional Athletics in Iran
Buch | Softcover
276 Seiten
2025
Ilex Foundation (Verlag)
978-0-674-29882-8 (ISBN)
26,10 inkl. MwSt
The athletes, pahlavāns, and the zurkhāneh, where they practice martial arts and spirituality, are often presented as the cornerstone of traditional Iranian masculine identity. Philippe Rochard’s immersive study allows us to observe a sporting passion and way of life and to discover how the staging of the self and of the group have evolved in Iran.
The athletes known in Iran as pahlavāns and the domed structure, the zurkhāneh, where they congregate to practice ritualized martial arts, physical culture, and spirituality, are usually presented as the cornerstone of traditional Iranian masculine identity. However, this idealization does not do justice to the complex history of Iranian society.

Philippe Rochard, who has observed the zurkhāneh world for the past thirty years and actually lived in it for over four years, sets out to reveal through his own experience and a reconsideration of the extant historiography the various identities—real or imagined—of the zurkhāneh, its role within ancient and contemporary Iranian society, and the intimate mechanisms of the male societies that frequent it, as well as the moral and social values—real or simply proclaimed—that the athletes embody.

This immersive study gives us an opportunity to observe at close quarters the workings of a sporting passion and way of life, and to discover how the forms and norms of the staging of the self and of the group have evolved in Iran.

Philippe Rochard is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Strasbourg and former director of the Institut Français de Recherche en Iran (IFRI) in Tehran.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.5.2025
Reihe/Serie Ilex Series
Zusatzinfo 70 illus.
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Weitere Fachgebiete Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-674-29882-9 / 0674298829
ISBN-13 978-0-674-29882-8 / 9780674298828
Zustand Neuware
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