Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality

Spaces of Refuge and Belonging in the City of Shiraz

AvElisabeth Yarbakhsh

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change

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Beskrivning

In Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality, Elisabeth Yarbakhsh unpacks ideas around culture, identity, and the relationship between Iranian citizens and Afghan refugees living in Shiraz, Iran, and surrounding areas. Yarbakhsh highlights the ways in which shifting policies and practices toward refugees over the past forty years have run parallel to the transitive notions of what it means to be Iranian. Yarbakhsh exposes the complex interplay of identity and hospitality as it emerges out of variously competing and intersecting Islamic, historical, and literary narratives of Iranian identity, carefully illustrating how these factors circumscribe Afghan refugee life in the city of Shiraz.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-02-11
Mått:161 x 242 x 23 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793624741

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Elisabeth Yarbakhsh, PhD, is independent scholar.

Recensioner i media

In Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality, Yarbakhsh, an independent scholar, describes the situation of Afghan refugees in Shiraz, a city in southern Iran. The author spent a year living in Shiraz interviewing both Afghan refugees and their Iranian hosts. While Iranians are often noted for their traditions of hospitality toward foreigners, many find the Afghans beneath them and treat them accordingly, as reported here.... This well-written book provides both an introduction to the norms of Iranian hospitality and to the situation currently facing Afghan refugees in Shiraz. Although the book contains some academic jargon, it will be interesting for most readers. Recommended.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One: Afghanistan and Iran: A Shared HistoryChapter Two: Placing HospitalityChapter Three: Hospitality, Iranian StyleChapter Four: Modes of HospitalityChapter Five: In the Shrine PrecinctChapter Six: Toward PersepolisChapter Seven: In Search of the Real ShirazChapter Eight: Oases of Hospitality

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