{"product_id":"afghan-village-voices-stories-from-a-tribal-community-paperback","title":"Afghan Village Voices: Stories from a Tribal Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Tapper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Lindisfarne-Tapper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfghanistan in the 20th century was virtually unknown in Europe and America. At peace until the 1970s, the country was seen as a remote and exotic land, visited only by adventurous tourists or researchers. \u003ci\u003eAfghan Village Voices \u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to this little-known period of peace and captures a society and culture now lost. Prepared by two of the most accomplished and well-known anthropologists of the Middle East and Central Asia, Richard Tapper and Nancy Tapper-Lindisfarne, this is a book of stories told by the Piruzai, a rural Afghan community of some 200 families who farmed in northern Afghanistan and in summer took their flocks to the central Hazârajât mountains. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book comprises a collection of remarkable stories, folktales and conversations and provides unprecedented insight into the depth and colour of these people's lives. Recorded in the early 1970s, the stories range from memories of the Piruzai migration to the north a half century before, to the feuds, ethnic strife and the doings of powerful khans. There are also stories of falling in love, elopements, marriages, childbirth and the world of spirits. The book includes vignettes of the narrators, photographs, maps and a full glossary. It is a remarkable document of Afghanistan at peace, told by a people whose voices have rarely been heard.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Tapper\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of London. He is a social anthropologist who has conducted ethnographic field research in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey. His publications include the monographs \u003ci\u003ePasture and Politics: Economics, Conflict, and Ritual among Shahsevan Nomads of Northwestern Iran, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eFrontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Islam and Democracy in Iran: Eshkevari and the Quest for Reform. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also well-known for the books \u003ci\u003eNomadic Peoples of Iran, The New Iranian Cinema \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Taste of Thyme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNancy Lindisfarne-Tapper \u003c\/b\u003etaught social anthropology at SOAS, University of London for many years. She has carried out fieldwork in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Syria, Wales and the USA. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBartered Brides: Politics, Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eancing in Damascus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Roots of Sexual Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, and the edited \u003ci\u003eDislocating Masculinity: Comparative Ethnographies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMasculinities under Neoliberalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45664536821862,"sku":"9780755600861","price":68.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/KyDyE2EXEb9780755600861.webp?v=1779889820","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/afghan-village-voices-stories-from-a-tribal-community-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}