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Tribeswomen of Iran: Weaving Memories among Qashqa'i Nomads [Repost]

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Tribeswomen of Iran: Weaving Memories among Qashqa'i Nomads [Repost]

Tribeswomen of Iran: Weaving Memories among Qashqa'i Nomads (International Library of Iranian Studies) by Julia Huang
English |2009 | ISBN: 1845118324 | 288 Pages | PDF | 5 MB

Since the revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has permitted very few Western scholars to conduct research in the country. Here Julia Huang provides a remarkable account of local tribal Iranian life, depicting a community largely beyond the scope and reach of foreign travellers and the Western media. The Qashqa’i nomads are migrant pastoralists–Huang documents their difficult livelihoods and lifestyles, their society and culture, and explains how this Turkic-speaking group relates to the wider Iranian society and the Islamic Republic. Focusing on a small group of women, she shows us how they adapt to a rapidly changing world while retaining tribal values and a distinctive ethnolinguistic identity as one of Iran’s national minorities. Engagingly written and documenting a disappearing way of life, Tribeswomen of Iran is essential reading for all those interested in Iran, the Middle East, anthropology, nomadism and gender.
Tribeswomen of Iran: Weaving Memories among Qashqa'i Nomads [Repost]