A book review on freedom and movement of the Basseri
- Full title: Nomads of South Persia: the Basseri Tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy
- Author: Fredrik Barth
- Publisher: Little Brown & Co
- Paperback: 161 pages
- Year: 1961
My Review’s Abstract
Based upon seven-months long fieldwork and the optic of structural-functionalism, the book offers the synthesis of economic, social and political dimensions of “Basseri’s cultural adaptation to the environmental circumstances.”
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Basseri: From Household to Chieftainship
- The Economy of Nomadic Life and Kinship
- The Basseri: In between State and Nature
- Contextual Critique
Original Abstract (1961)
In this thorough analysis, Barth explores the features of and the economic, social, and political adaptations to the nomadic, pastoral existence of this tent-dwelling population.
Nomads of South Persia – Book Review