Culture and Customs of Iran

Elton L. Daniel, Ali Akbar Mahdi (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2006
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-32053-8 (ISBN)

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Culture and Customs of Iran rejects facile stereotyping and presents the rich, age-old Persian culture that struggles with pressures of the modern world. Authoritative, substantive narrative chapters cover the gamut of topics, from religion and religious thought to Iranian cuisine and festivals.

Iran is often a hotspot in the news, and the Muslim state is usually negatively portrayed in the West. Culture and Customs of Iran rejects facile stereotyping and presents the rich, age-old Persian culture that struggles with pressures of the modern world. This is the first volume in English to reveal the important sociocultural facets of Iran today for a general audience in an objective fashion. Authoritative, substantive narrative chapters cover the gamut of topics, from religion and religious thought to Iranian cuisine and festivals.

Elton L. Daniel is professor of history at the University of Hawaii, author of The History of Iran (Greenwood, 2000), and associate editor of Encyclopaedica Iranica. Ali Akbar Mahdi is professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio Wesleyan University, author of several books on Iran, and editor of Teen Life in the Middle East (Greenwood, 2003).

Series Foreword
Preface
Chronology
1. Introduction: The Land and the People
2. Religions and Religious Life
3. Literature
4. Drama and Cinema
5. Architecture
6. Carpets
7. Food and Dining
8. Family, Women, and Gender Relations
9. Holidays, Festivals, and Annual Events
10. Music and Dance
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.10.2006
Reihe/Serie	Culture and Customs of the Middle East
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	539 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-313-32053-5 / 0313320535
ISBN-13	978-0-313-32053-8 / 9780313320538
Zustand	Neuware