Conceptualizing Iranian anthropology : past and present perspectives

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    • Najdmabadi, Shahnaz R.

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Conceptualizing Iranian anthropology : past and present perspectives

edited by Shahnaz R. Najdmabadi

Berghahn Books, 2009

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"Select bibliography for anthropology of Iran": p. 242-260

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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 writing, and political and intellectual practices. This volume undertakes that challenge: it is the result of discussions held at the first organized encounter between Iranian, American, and European anthropologists since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It is considered an important first step in overcoming the dichotomy between "peripheral anthropologies" versus "central anthropologies." The contributors examine, from a critical perspective, the historical, cultural, and political field in which anthropological research emerged in Iran at the beginning of the twentieth century and in which it continues to develop today.

Table of 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

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