This article aims to contextualise music as it was experienced in Tehran in 2004 (when the research for this work was conducted) - music that comes from various ethnic groups within Iran, and music coming from the diaspora. The relationships between various genres of music and people, as well as between music and the government, are examined. The malleability of musicians and their capacity to coordinate their expertise with popular and governmental expectations and limitations are then analysed. In this way, a fascinating yet little studied area in the anthropology of Iran at the time of research is addressed.
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The Sounds of Music in Tehran
Soheila Shahshahani
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2013
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 24–39 (16 total)
A Purging Presence
The Dog in Zoroastrian Tradition
Mahnaz Moazami
asymmetrical members, until she disappears from the toes of the contaminated person. In her retreat, she follows an order in reverse of the one that she had followed in her invasion, because, according to the Bundahišn ( Iranian Culture Foundation 1970 : fol
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 20–29 (10 total)
Appalling Tehran
Translation of the French Serial Story and Its Effect on the Persian Serial Story
Manizheh Abdollahi and Ehya Amalsaleh
various facets of Iranian culture, literary or otherwise, to unsparing criticism. They denounced, among other things, ornate styles and conventional mode of expression, prevalent in the classical tradition, and advocated the use of clear and vigorous
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 100–112 (13 total)
Mourning at New Year's Day (Nowruz)
Cultural Practice against Ideology
Reinhold L. Loeffler and Erika Friedl
rituals were taken to be highly visible signs of assertion of traditional Iranian culture that is perceived by the people to be under severe pressure in the Islamic Republic. In Sisakht, it was easier for people to observe the thirteenth day of the new
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 28–41 (14 total)
An Appraisal of Our Situation in Anthropology and Some Suggestions on Improvement
Soheila Shahshahani
incessant questions were: What should I do, after all those years I have studied and done fieldwork, and given my increasing infatuation with Iranian culture, how could I prove this life-long effort has been worthy? Where could I find an understanding
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2019
- Article Type:
- Other
- Pages:
- 143–151 (9 total)
Entanglements with the ‘Sea’
Persian Poetry and Diasporic Iranian Literature in Australia
Nasim Yazdani and Michele Lobo
when she sees her beloved in the waves of the blue sea on a long sunny day. She portrays a dreamy and mysterious world by the seaside in which she joins her beloved. Iranian-Australian Women's Nostalgic Entanglements with the ‘Sea’ Iranian
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2019
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 97–114 (18 total)
Every Dog Has Its Day
New Patterns in Pet Keeping in Iran
Anahita Grisoni and Marjan Mashkour
’ personal observations, and aims to take into consideration the structuring elements of the Iranian culture and the diversity of the cases. In this way, question 1 includes the different possible sources of the dog’s origins: Arrival: In what circumstances
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 112–126 (15 total)