Frontier Nomads of Iran

A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan

Bibliographic Data

ID19930438
AuthorsRichard Tapper (0000-0002-5463-3191, University of London, corresponding author)
Year1997
Publication date1997-08-28
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueFrontier Nomads of Iran (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511582257
OpenAlexW1013600069
Open LibraryOL1007954M
ISBN9780511582257
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDuAzGTtWlp7gC
LanguageEN
Citations received43

Richard Tapper's 1997 book, which is based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and extensive documentary research, traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. The story is a dramatic one, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy, and their decline under the Pahlavi Shahs. The book is intended as a contribution to three different debates. The first concerns the riddle of Shahsevan origins, while another considers how far changes in tribal social and political formations are a function of relations with states. The third discusses how different constructions of the identity of a particular people determine their view of the past. In this way, the book promises not only to make a major contribution to the history and anthropology of the Middle East and Central Asia, but also to theoretical debates in both disciplines

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Asian studies · Central asia · China · Ethnography · Frontier · Identity (music) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Unification · Ancient Near East History · Anthropology · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · 20th century · Ethnology · Iran · Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925 · Shahsevan (Iranian people)