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Culture summaryessay 2006 • Beeman, William O.
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
This is a culture summary of Iran. Information is presented on major aspects of the culture of Iran....Culture, performance and communication in IranBook 1982 • Beeman, William O.
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
This book is a collection of previously published articles on a variety of subjects. Beeman's major research focus is on interpersonal behavior and language use (see document no. 79), which some of the articles here address. The book is divided into ...Language, status and power in IranBook 1986 • Beeman, William O.
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
This is a sociolinguistic study of Iranian interpersonal behavior. Beeman analyzes sociolinguistic behavior according to what he labels as the internal vs. external and hierarchy vs. equality. The internal vs. external dimension is a psychological, p...Iranessay 2006 • Beeman, William O.
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
This document is a culture history of Iran from approximaely 1000 B.C. with the arrival of the Aryan peoples (Medes and Persians)on the Iranian plateau to the present day (2006 A.D). The summary is understandably brief in ethnographic coverage, but d...