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The Making Of Iranian Modernity - Studies In Honor Of Houchang E. Chehabi

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 The Making of Iranian Modernity brings together a diverse array of scholars from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds and areas of research specialization to celebrate Houchang E. Chehabi, one of the leading scholars in the field of Iranian Studies.
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The Zurkhaneh And Its Milieu - A Study Of Traditional Athletics In Iran

by Philippe Rochard

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 The athletes, pahlavans, and the zurkhaneh, where they practice martial arts and spirituality, are often presented as the cornerstone of traditional Iranian masculine identity. Philippe Rochardâ€™s immersive study allows us to observe a sporting passion and way of life and to discover how the staging of the self and of the group have evolved in Iran.
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The Uses Of Oppression - The Ottoman Empire Through Its Greek Newspapers, 1830â€“1862

by Marina, Lady Marks Sakali

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 The Uses of Oppression follows the development of the Ottoman Greek press in the nineteenth century. It employs the vivid reflections of editors, correspondents, advertisers, commentators, and readers to view the everyday lives of a generation caught up in radical social and political changes, including the period of reforms known as Tanzimat.
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Methodists And Muslims - My Life As An Orientalist

by Richard W. Bulliet

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 Both memoir and critique, Methodists and Muslims follows Richard Bullietâ€™s expansive career, starting with his beginnings in Illinois to his entrÃ©e into the then-arcane field of Islamic Studies and culminating in the controversial visit to New York City by President Ahmadinejad of Iran.
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Erin And Iran - Cultural Encounters Between The Irish And The Iranians

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 In Erin and Iran, North American and European scholars consider parallel themes in and interactions between Irish and Iranian cultures from ancient times to the twentieth century. These studies of mythology, literature, and travelogues constitute the first-ever volume dealing with cultural encounters between the Irish and the Iranians.
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Heroic Krsna - Friendship In Epic Mahabharata

by Kevin Mcgrath

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 Heroic K???a depicts a pre-Hindu superhuman hero who became the divinity Krsna. Drawn from the epic Mahabharata, Kevin McGrathâ€™s account of the warrior-charioteer and his friendship with Arjuna explores cultural continuities from the Bronze Age Vedic world and illustrates the pre-divine life of one of the most popular Indian deities of today.
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The Last Of The Rephaim - Conquest And Cataclysm In The Heroic Ages Of Ancient Israel

by Brian R. Doak

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 Doak explores how the giants of the Hebrew Bibleâ€"which represent a connection to primeval chaosâ€"offer insight into central aspects of Israelâ€™s symbolic universe. By placing biblical traditions within a broader Mediterranean context regarding giants and the end of the heroic age, Doak sheds new light on monotheism and monarchy in ancient Israel.
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Mobility And Masks - Cultural Identity In Travel Literature

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 Travelers have always experimented with disguise while observing the disguises of others. Each of the chapters in Mobility and Masks illustrates strategies of concealment in travel, from Jesuits in Asia to women traveling incognito to a Chinese opera star in Russia to the racial implications of masking in the West Indies.
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Early Greece 2ed (Pr Only)

by Murray

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Naqqali Trilogy - Azhdahak, Arash, Testament Of Bondar Bidakhsh

by Bahram Beyzaie

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 Widely regarded as the Shakespeare of Persia, Bahram Beyzaie remains largely unknown to the English-speaking world. Naqqali Trilogy blends traditional Iranian storytelling with contemporary philosophy and technique in a cycle of mythological revisionism. This volume presents a pinnacle of world drama for the first time in English translation.
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Worlds Of Knowledge In Womenâ€™S Travel Writing

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 Worlds of Knowledge rediscovers the works of authors from the eighteenth to the twentieth century and challenges the frequent focus in travel studies on English-language texts. Written by experts in a wide range of fields, this interdisciplinary volume sheds new light on the range, innovation, and erudition of travel narratives by women.
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Islam And The Arabs In Spanish Scholarship (16th Century To The Present) - Second Edition

by James T. Monroe

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 A reissue of James T. Monroeâ€™s classic study on the cultural history of al-Andalus that establishes Spanish scholars on the forefront of European scholars confronting the Orientalism and colonialism at the heart of their national projects. A new foreword by Michelle M. Hamilton and David A. Wacks examines the impact of Monroeâ€™s pathbreaking study.
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Onomastic Reforms - Family Names And State Building In Iran

by H. E. Chehabi

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 In the mid-1920s, Iran abolished honorary titles and honorifics and required people to adopt family names. H. E. Chehabi describes the public debates surrounding what was an important state-building effort. He traces the legislative measures and decrees that constituted the reform and explores the surnames Iranians chose or invented for themselves.
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Cyrus The Great - Life And Lore

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 Cyrus the Great re-contextualizes Cyrusâ€™s epoch in light of recent scholarship. Themes include: Mesopotamian antecedents of his religious policy, the idiosyncratic genesis of Persian imperial art; Babylonian exile and the Bible; Hellenistic and Arsacid genealogical constructs; and his enigmatic evanescence in Sasanian and Muslim traditions.
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The Arts Of Iran In Istanbul And Anatolia - Seven Essays

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 Much medieval Persianate artworkâ€"including books illustrated with exquisite miniature paintingsâ€"was disassembled and dispersed as isolated art objects. In The Arts of Iran in Istanbul and Anatolia, a literary historian and six art historians trace the journey from the destructive dispersal of fragments to the joys of restoration.
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Illusion And Disillusionment - Travel Writing In The Modern Age

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 Through engaging charactersâ€"China-bound missionaries, an Indo-Persian diplomat, a Turkish exile in India, a French teacher in America, Arab students in Moscow, a Japanese woman writer in Europeâ€"Illusion and Disillusionment examines travel writing beyond colonialism, imperialism, and Orientalism, focusing on the experience of travel itself.
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The Study Of Al-Andalus - The Scholarship And Legacy Of James T. Monroe

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 The Study of al-Andalus explores the many ways in which James T. Monroeâ€™s scholarship has inspired further study in topics including Hispano-Arabic, Hebrew, and Romance literatures, Persian epic poetry, the impact of Andalusi literature in Egypt and the Arab East, and the lasting legacy of the expulsion of Spainâ€™s last Muslims.
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Singing Mosesâ€™S Song - A Performance-Critical Analysis Of Deuteronomyâ€™S Song Of Moses

by Keith A. Stone

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 How does performing affect those who perform? Starting from observation of the intergenerational tradition of performing the Song of Moses, Keith A. Stone provides a close reading of the text of the Song and explores ways in which the Song contributes to Deuteronomyâ€™s educational program through the dynamics of reenactment.
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Global Medieval - Mirrors For Princes Reconsidered

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 Global Medieval compares mirrors for princes from varied historical contexts and lineages of political thought in order to determine whether a genuine history of political thought in the premodern period is possible. These texts become a lens for exploring ideals and manners of good rule across political, religious, and cultural divides.
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Mirror Of Dew - The Poetry Of Alam-Taj Zhale Qaâ€™Em-Maqami

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 One of Iran's leading female poets, Zhale Qa'em-Maqami (1883-1946) witnessed pivotal social and political changes in Iran during its transition to modernity. Mirror of Dew is the first English translation of her poems. Deeply personal but including social critique, they offer a rare view of the impact of a modern awareness on private lives.
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Proceedings Of The Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 32: 2012

by Deborah Furchtgott

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 Focuses on the culture and literature of medieval Ireland, as well as Scots Gaelic poetry, medieval Welsh genealogy, and twentieth century pan-Celtic nationalism. In this book, Irish literature essays consider a range of genre including place name lore, hagiography, and the epic Tain Bo Cuailnge.
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Ferdowsiâ€™S Shahnama - Millennial Perspectives

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 The Shahnama or Book of Kings glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest. Ferdowsi's Shahnama: Millennial Perspectives takes a fresh look at the reception of Ferdowsi's poetry, especially in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries.
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On The Wonders Of Land And Sea - Persianate Travel Writing

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 On the Wonders of Land and Sea is a comparative study of travel writers in the eastern Islamic world from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Situating texts in their socio-historical contexts, the essays study works by male and female Muslim and Parsi/Zoroastrian travelers in the Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Europe.
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Poet And Hero In The Persian Book Of Kings - Third Edition

by Olga M. Davidson

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 Olga M. Davidsonâ€™s major reassessment of the classical Persian epic the Shahnama argues that its poet is actually a character in the work who coexists with the heroes and kings celebrated in the poem. Documenting the textâ€™s oral performance tradition, Davidson shows that the heroic style of the Shahnama stems from ancient Indo-European traditions.
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