Folksongs from the Mountains of Iran: Culture, Poetics and Everyday Philosophies

by Erika Freidl and Erika Friedl

In Iran, folksongs are part of folklore and offer an intimate portrait of a vanishing era. They are also 'the voice' of ordinary people, providing a medium to express emotions, opinions and concerns. This book is based on folksongs collected over a 50-year period among the Boir Ahmad tribal people in the Zagros Mountains of West Iran. Erika Friedl has recorded, transcribed and translated more than 600 lyrics from a Lur community, and her analysis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788310179
• ISBN13: 9781788310178
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"