Add to ORKGWhat are the myths and stories that penetrate a society's everyday practices? What are the un-questioned 'truths' that hold the keys to understanding both the concept of self-perception and group identity? Here, Erika Friedl highlights the role of the fairy tale and folklore in the creation, transmission and manipulation of regional and national identities. Having carried out anthropological research in Iran since 1965, Friedl is uniquely placed to analyse the ways in which the folklore and f..
Literature on Iran’s political culture and future democratic potentials has flourished in the past d...
This study aims to provide an anthropological reading of some Omani folk tales and discusses them wi...
A country marked by controversy, Iran’s social, cultural and political dynamics are too often reduce...
This research presents an analytical study of the rewritten folktales of Iran in 20th century, and i...
This research presents an analytical study of the rewritten folktales of Iran in 20th century, and i...
Folklore serves a fundamental societal function spreading accepted culture from generation to genera...
This is the author accepted manuscript. Available in this repository by permission of the publisher....
Narratology in Iran has an old background. It was mostly done at a mere descriptive level by narrato...
Folklore is a unique form of storytelling that is culturally specific. This thesis argues that folkl...
Sense of belonging means people’s mental perception from the environment and their more and less con...
The paradoxical socio-political developments of the Iranian society are due to a serious case of nat...
This study examines the integration of national and religious myths from varied traditions that perm...
The tales of the type “Innocent Persecuted or Unfortunate Heroine” have long been recognised as one ...
The tales of the type “Innocent Persecuted or Unfortunate Heroine” have long been recognised as one ...
Folk narratives are used as a source for modern genres sometimes in the form of intertextuality and ...
Literature on Iran’s political culture and future democratic potentials has flourished in the past d...
This study aims to provide an anthropological reading of some Omani folk tales and discusses them wi...
A country marked by controversy, Iran’s social, cultural and political dynamics are too often reduce...
This research presents an analytical study of the rewritten folktales of Iran in 20th century, and i...
This research presents an analytical study of the rewritten folktales of Iran in 20th century, and i...
Folklore serves a fundamental societal function spreading accepted culture from generation to genera...
This is the author accepted manuscript. Available in this repository by permission of the publisher....
Narratology in Iran has an old background. It was mostly done at a mere descriptive level by narrato...
Folklore is a unique form of storytelling that is culturally specific. This thesis argues that folkl...
Sense of belonging means people’s mental perception from the environment and their more and less con...
The paradoxical socio-political developments of the Iranian society are due to a serious case of nat...
This study examines the integration of national and religious myths from varied traditions that perm...
The tales of the type “Innocent Persecuted or Unfortunate Heroine” have long been recognised as one ...
The tales of the type “Innocent Persecuted or Unfortunate Heroine” have long been recognised as one ...
Folk narratives are used as a source for modern genres sometimes in the form of intertextuality and ...
Literature on Iran’s political culture and future democratic potentials has flourished in the past d...
This study aims to provide an anthropological reading of some Omani folk tales and discusses them wi...
A country marked by controversy, Iran’s social, cultural and political dynamics are too often reduce...