Basseri : MA10.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Areas Files, 2009- |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/collection?owc=MA10 |
| Subjects |
| Included Work | Adem, Teferi Abate. Culture summary, Basseri. |
| Included Work | Barth, Fredrik, 1928-2016 Nomads of South-Persia. |
| Included Work | Barth, Fredrik, 1928-2016 Capital, investment and the social structure of a pastoral nomad group in south Persia. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series | eHRAF world cultures eHRAF world cultures. Middle East. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Culture summary, Basseri / Teferi Abate Adem -- Nomads of South-Persia ; Capital, investment and the social structure of a pastoral nomad group in south Persia / Fredrik Barth. |
| Abstract | In addition to a culture summary, the Basseri collection consists of two anthropological studies by Fredrik Barth. The first, published in 1961, is based on ethnographic materials collected in the period from December 1957 to July 1958 while the author was living with the Danbar tribal section of Basseri. The book describes and analyses Basseri social and economic organization in terms of a general ecological perspective. The focus is on the processes through which the Basseri organize nomadic herding and relate to one another as members of different households, herding units, camps, lineages (oulad) and tribal sections (tira). The second document, published in 1964, discusses the nature of Basseri pastoral economy and its implications for social structure. Together, these documents provide a first-hand account and analysis of Basseri economy and social organization, but contain little information on arts, language, medicine, death and afterlife. The Basseri are a pastoral nomadic people living around Shiraz, capital of the Iranian province of Fars, in land that stretches between deserts in the south to high mountain ranges in the north. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Mar. 29, 2010). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was first released in 2009. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |