essay
An Iranian village boyhood
Struggle and survival in the modern Middle East • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 320-335
By: Abedi, Mehdi, Fischer, Michael M. J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a personal recollection of a boyhood spent in a small rural village in central Iran. The author describes some of the memorable village 'characters,' religious celebrations, childhood play and mischief, and his own religious schooling.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Musical and theatrical productions
- Sacred objects and places
- Theological systems
- Organized ceremonial
- Childhood activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1952-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Dareh' village, central Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mehdi Abedi and Michael M. J. Fischer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91045869
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians