04555oam 2200661I 450 991078716870332120230807211324.01-317-74386-51-138-09972-41-315-79422-51-317-74387-310.4324/9781315794228 (CKB)3710000000244498(EBL)1791254(SSID)ssj0001347951(PQKBManifestationID)11761560(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347951(PQKBWorkID)11362420(PQKB)10357483(MiAaPQ)EBC1791254(OCoLC)895712551(EXLCZ)99371000000024449820180706d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNomads in postrevolutionary Iran the Qashqa'i in an era of change /Lois BeckAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (431 p.)Iranian Studies ;Volume 22Description based upon print version of record.1-322-15775-8 1-138-01561-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of terms; List of identities; Timeline; 1 Introduction; Interlinking perspectives; The process of research; With my daughter; Organization of the book; 2 Past and present: Forty-four years of transformation; Circumstances in 1970; Circumstances in 2013; Transformational processes; Demographic patterns among the Qermezi, 1970-2000; 3 The revolution and the Islamic Republic: Reflections on 1978-2013; Experiencing the revolution; Imprisonment of Qashqa'i leadersMartyrs of the Iraq-Iran warThe state and the tribe; New revolutionary Islamic councils for nomads and villagers; New faces in the tribe; 4 Reclaiming culture: The politics of resistance and defiance: Reflections on 1992; Attire; Religious belief and practice; Ritual and ceremony; Nasir Qermezi's wedding; Ibrahim Qermezi's wedding; 5 The hope of spring: Reflections on 1995-winter and spring; Struggles over land; Life in town; Welcoming the New Year; 6 Death and memory: The end of the life of a Qashqa'i tribesman in Iran: Reflections on 1995-summer; Borzu Qermezi's last springBorzu Qermezi's demise and burialThird-day memorial; Seventh-day memorial; Adorning the gravesite; Thursday afternoon visitations; Fortieth-day memorial; Events in the year after the death; One-year memorial, 1996; Second anniversary, 1997; 7 Life moves on: Reflections on 1996; Shahriyar Qermezi, parliamentary deputy; Teachers, schools, and students: The promise of formal education; 8 Decisions and consequences: Reflections on 1997 and 1998; Mohammad Karim Qermezi sells his flock; A split in the family; Abbas Qermezi and his rifle; 9 Facing the future: Reflections on 1999Revolutionary Islamic councils for villages and townsA wedding postponed; Assaults against their lands; A new settlement at Mulleh Balut; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexExamining the rapid transition in Iran from a modernizing, westernizing, secularizing monarchy (1941-79) to a hard-line, conservative, clergy-run Islamic republic (1979-), this book focuses on the ways this process has impacted the Qashqa'i-a rural, nomadic, tribally organized, Turkish-speaking, ethnic minority of a million and a half people who are dispersed across the southern Zagros Mountains.Analysing the relationship between the tribal polity and each of the two regimes, the book goes on to explain the resilience of the people's tribal organizations, kinship networks, and politicized ethnIranian studies ;Volume 22.Qashqāʼī (Turkic people)IranEthnic identityQashqāʼī (Turkic people)Government policyIranIranPolitics and government1979-1997IranPolitics and government1997-Qashqāʼī (Turkic people)Ethnic identity.Qashqāʼī (Turkic people)Government policy305.894/36305.89436SOC002000SOC053000bisacshBeck Lois1944-,636666FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910787168703321Nomads in postrevolutionary Iran3693800UNINA