Navid Fozi is a Fulbright U.S. Scholar conducting fieldwork on Iranian diaspora in Malaysia and holds a PhD in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Boston University.

• Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements chapter 1 – Background, Questions, and Theory chapter 2 – The Preterrain of Fieldwork in Iran chapter 3 – The Ritual Construction of an Alternative Religious Space chapter 4 – Claiming Authenticity in Shi.i-Dominated Iranian Culture chapter 5 – The Performance of Difference and Similarity chapter 6 – Religious Rationalization and Revivalism chapter 7 – Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index