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I. B. Tauris & Company Folktales and Storytellers of Iran: Culture, Ethos and Identity: 48 (International Library of Iranian Studies)

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What are the myths and stories that penetrate a society's everyday practices? What are the un-questioned 'truths' that hold the keys to understanding both the concept of self-perception and group identity? Here, Erika Friedl highlights the role of the fairy tale and folklore in the creation, transmission and manipulation of regional and national identities. Having carried out anthropological research in Iran since 1965, Friedl is uniquely placed to analyse the ways in which the folklore and fairy tales - both the stories themselves and the telling of the stories - have an impact on the idea of what it means to be 'Iranian'. The Folktales and Storytellers of Iran explores the key ideas of cultural identity, self-knowledge and understanding, and how these are represented and developed through a rich literary tradition of folklore and storytelling in what was for a long time an oral-based culture. Review By using unique, creative, and pioneering methods of research, analysis, and presentation, she has done far more than any other anthropologist to uncover aspects of Persian culture... It is therefore not surprising to me that Erika Friedl s current work also breaks new ground. It combines disciplines: folklore, ethnography and literary analysis. Friedl has used more than 150 folktales for the folklore aspect of the work. Further, she has conducted some 7-8 years of ethnography over the span of almost 50 years. I do not know of other examples of such intensive, long-term work in both folklore and ethnography. She is therefore, more so than any other scholar I know of, able to analyse the meanings of the folktales as understood by the tellers and the audience, and the applicability of the folktales meanings to their own lives, relationships, and culture. She sees how the folktales uncover ideas, understandings, and meanings, about life, culture and reality, which are sometimes otherwise unexpressed. Professor Mary Elaine Hegland, Department of Anthropology, Santa Clara University, California This book is a particularly interesting contribution, since it combines approaches from ethnography/anthropology and literature studies, particularly folklore. Interpreting the Persian folktales from her region of interest against the ethnographic context enables the reader to see the texts as resulting from a particular world-view whose major characteristics are developed through insightful commentaries based on decades of personal experience. Erika Friedl s diligent analysis thus sheds new light on the relationship of folktales and their surrounding culture. Her findings are highly relevant not only for Iranian Studies and Cultural Anthropology, but also for the general fields of folklore and studies in literature. --Professor Ulrich Marzolph, Georg-Auguest University of Gottingen About the Author Erika Friedl is Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Brand: I. B. Tauris & Company
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1780766696
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Middle East
Domain: Amazon UK
Publication Date: 28 February 2014
Listed Since: 12 January 2013

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