Book
Women of Deh Koh: lives in an Iranian village
Smithsonian Institution Press • Washington • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Friedl, Erika.
Abstract
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, including courtship, marriage, rape, childbirth, barrenness, work, familial relationships, martial disputes, religious practice, divorce, wealth, and poverty. She paints a picture of female and marital relationships within and between extended family households. Her's is a purely female point of view of village life.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2005
- Field Date
- 1965-1985
- Coverage Date
- 1965-1985
- Coverage Place
- 'Deh Koh,' Fars, Iran
- Notes
- Erika Friedl
- LCCN
- 88015613
- LCSH
- Lur (Iranian people)/Rural women--Iran--Biography/Rural women--Iran--Social conditions/Iran--Social life and customs