Nomads in Postrevolutionary Iran: The Qashqa'i in an Era of Change

by Lois Beck

Examining 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113801561X
• ISBN13: 9781138015616
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"