1st Edition
The Thousand and One Borders of Iran Travel and Identity
By Fariba Adelkhah
Copyright 2016
340 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
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A country marked by controversy, Iran’s social, cultural and political dynamics are too often reduced to a few misleading clichés. Islamism is widely considered to shape all social relations in Iranian society and, while Iranian society is indeed Islamic, this term’s multiple meanings in everyday life and practices go far beyond the naïve and monolithic idea we are used to. The Thousand... Read more
Preface Introduction. On the road to Damascus 1. Beyond the national story 2. Leaving without leaving behind, leaving behind without leaving 3. Another look at pilgrimage. 4. Iran: an off-shore identity Conclusion Iran between self-sacrifice and dirty tricks
Biography
Fariba Adelkhah is a social anthropologist and director of research at Sciences Po/Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI) in Paris. Her main research interests focus on the interplay between social changes and political transformations in Iran since the second half of the twentieth century. She has also undertaken important research on Afghanistan as a mirror for Iranian society.
