Unburied Memories: The Politics of Bodies of Sacred Defense Martyrs - in Ira

Informationen zum Autor Pedram Khosronejad is a member of staff in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St. Andrews! UK. He obtained his PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His research interests include cultural and social anthropology! the anthropology of death and dying! visual anthropology! visual piety! devotional artefacts! and religious material culture! with a particular interest in Iran! Persianate societies and the Islamic world. Zusammenfassung This book examines the role that memory of conflict plays in the context of Iran’s recent history. It will be of interest to social anthropologists, historians and those with an interest in Iran’s recent past and future. This book was originally published as a special issue of Visual Anthropology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Unburied Memories Pedram Khosronejad 2. Redemptive Memories: Portraiture in the Cult of Commemoration Ingvild Flaskerud 3. Variations in the Martyrs’ Representations in South Tehran’s Private and Public Spaces Marine Fromanger 4. The Martyrs’ Museum in Tehran: Visualizing Memory in Post-Revolutionary Iran Christiane Gruber 5. Death, the Great Equalizer: Memorializing Martyred (Shahid) Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran Faegheh Shirazi 6. From the Light of the Eyes to the Eyes of the Power: State and Dissident Martyrs in Post-Revolutionary Iran Shahla Talebi 7. War Painting and Pilgrimage in Iran Alice Bombardier

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pedram Khosronejad
• Con la collaborazione di: Pedram Khosronejad (Editore), Khosronejad Pedram (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138115859
• ISBN: 978-1-138-11585-9
• Pagine: 174
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Corsi per adulti; Iran, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Middle Eastern history, Regional / International studies, History and Archaeology