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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Abedi, Mehdi
Fischer, Michael M. J., 1946-
Title:
An Iranian village boyhood
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Struggle and survival in the modern Middle East, edited by
Edmund Burke, III
Published By: Original publisher
Struggle and survival in the modern Middle East, edited by
Edmund Burke, III
London ; New York: I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1993.
320-335 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Mehdi Abedi and Michael M. J. Fischer
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Iran (MA01)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Life history materials (159);
Musical and theatrical productions (545);
Sacred objects and places (778);
Theological systems (779);
Organized ceremonial (796);
Childhood activities (857);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a personal recollection of a boyhood spent in a
small rural village in central Iran. The author describes some of the memorable village
'characters,' religious celebrations, childhood play and mischief, and his own religious
schooling.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
76
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
ma01-076
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1952-1970
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Indigene-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard ; 2005
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1952-1970
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
'Dareh' village, central Iran
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Iranians
