Conceptualizing Iranian Anthropology : : Past and Present Perspectives /

Conceptualizing Iranian Anthropology : : Past and Present Perspectives / / ed. by Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi.

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During recent years, attempts have been made to move beyond the Eurocentric perspective that characterized the social sciences, especially anthropology, for over 150 years. A debate on the “anthropology of anthropology” was needed, one that would consider other forms of knowledge, modalities of writ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Adelkhah, Fariba,
Beck, Lois,
Bromberger, Christian,
Bulookbashi, Ali,
Digard, Jean-Pierre,
Fakouhi, Nasser,
Fazeli, Nematollah,
Hegland, Mary Elaine,
Marzolph, Ulrich,
Mir-Hosseini, Ziba,
Nadjmabadi, Shahnaz R.,
Shahbazi, Mohammad,
Shahshahani, Soheila,
Tapper, Richard,
HerausgeberIn:
Nadjmabadi, Shahnaz R.,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (286 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Introduction
  • PART I From Folkore to Anthropology The Passage
  • CHAPTER 1 The Contribution of Foreign Anthropologists to Iranology
  • CHAPTER 2 Storytelling as a Constituent of Popular Culture Folk Narrative Research in Contemporary Iran
  • CHAPTER 3 Iranian Anthropology – Crossing Boundaries Influences of Modernization, Social Transformation and Globalization
  • PART II Voices from Within Institutions and Professions
  • CHAPTER 4 Anthropology in Post-Revolution Iran
  • CHAPTER 5 Making and Remaking an Academic Tradition Towards an Indigenous Anthropology in Iran
  • CHAPTER 6 Iranian Anthropologists Are Women
  • PART III Anthropological Practice: Constraints and Possibilities
  • CHAPTER 7 Applied Anthropology in Iran?
  • CHAPTER 8 Past Experiences and Future Perspectives of an Indigenous Anthropologist on Anthropological Work in Iran
  • CHAPTER 9 Anthropological Research in Iran
  • CHAPTER 10 Being From There Dilemmas of a ‘Native Anthropologist’
  • PART IV Past and Present Perspectives Challenging the Future
  • CHAPTER 11 Usual Topics Taboo Themes and New Objects in Iranian Anthropology
  • CHAPTER 12 Islamophobia and Malaise in Anthropology
  • CHAPTER 13 Personal Refl ections on Anthropology of and in Iran
  • Select Bibliography for Anthropology of Iran
  • Index

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