Book

Sheep and land: the economics of power in a tribal society

Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'HommeCambridge • Published In 1986 • Pages: xiv, 231

By: Black-Michaud, Jacob.

Abstract
The major theme of this monograph deals with the relationship of pastoral nomads and sedentary villagers living in conditions of intensive symbiosis with one another in Luristan Province, western Iran. In the first part of the book the author looks at Luristan as a regional whole and examines how different segments of the tribal population relate to each other by means of several complementary forms of economic production in both the sedentary agricultural and the nomadic pastoral spheres. In the second part, of this work, the focus is more upon nomadism in an attempt to fill certain lacunae of an ethnographic and analytical character that have been left out of previous studies of Middle-Eastern pastoralism. The third and final section of this study presents a brief account of the substantial modifications that Luri society was undergoing in the mid-1970s as a result of development orientations at the national level (p. 5).
Subjects
Cultural participation
Cultural identity and pride
Annual cycle
Applied animal science
Pastoral activities
Dairying
Real property
Income and demand
Ownership and control of capital
Classes
Social relationships and groups
Lineages
Tribe and nation
Contracts
culture
Lur
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Middle East
Sub Region
Middle East
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2005
Field Date
1969-1970, 1975
Coverage Date
1920-1975
Coverage Place
Luristan Province, western Iran
Notes
Jacob Black-Michaud
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index
LCCN
86002223
LCSH
Lur (Iranian people)/Sheep industry--Iran--Luristān/Land tenure--Iran--Luristān/Luristān (Iran)--Economic conditions/Luristān (Iran)--Social conditions