Feeding Iran : Shi`i Families and the Making of the Islamic Republic
by
Rose Wellman
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0520376870
ISBN-13
9780520376878
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 15th, 2021
Print length
262 Pages
Weight
352 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.80 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Food & societyIslamic studiesSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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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. Through extensive fieldwork, Rose Wellman examines how Basiji families, as members of Iran's voluntary paramilitary organization, are encountering, enacting, and challenging this imperative. Her ethnography reveals how families and state elites are employing blood, food, and prayer in commemorations for martyrs in Islamic national rituals to create citizens who embody familial piety, purity, and closeness to God. Feeding Iran provides a rare and humanistic account of religion and family life in the post-revolutionary Islamic Republic that examines how home life and everyday piety are linked to state power.
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