Feeding Iran : Shi`i families and the making of the Islamic Republic /
"Since Iran's 1979 Revolution, the imperative to create and protect the inner purity of family and nation in the face of outside spiritual corruption has been a driving force in national politics. Rose Wellman, through extensive fieldwork, examines how Basiji families, as members of Iran...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : kinship, Islam, and the state
- Blood, physio-sacred substance, and the making of moral kin
- Feeding the family : the "spirit" of food in Iran
- Regenerating the Islamic Republic : commemorating martyrs in provincial Iran
- Creating an Islamic nation through food
- Epilogue.