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Sources of female power in Iranessay 1994 • Friedl, Erika
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
In this paper, Friedl argues that in spite of women's subordinate position in Iranian society, they are able to derive some power to effect change in their lives and those of others. Following...Women of Deh KohBook 1989 • Friedl, Erika
Lur • Middle East > Middle East
This work is based on a 20-year longitudinal study of women in a rural Iran village. Friedl presents her material in the form of 12 stories. They are rich accounts on a variety of topics, incl...Children of Deh KohBook 1997 • Friedl, Erika
Lur • Middle East > Middle East
The people Friedl studied are Shi'a Lurs living in the high mountains of southwest Iran. This book focuses on children and compliments her earlier work on women of the same village (see docume...