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Books
and Monographs (Authored and/or edited volumes) (for series editorial work, see under Service below)In press The Anthropology of Performance and Emotion. New York: Berghahn Books.
In press Iranian Performance Traditions. Los Angeles: Mazda Publications.
2005 The
“Great Satan” vs. the “Mad Mullahs”: How the United
States and Iran Demonize Each Other. Westport, CT:
Greenwood/Praeger.2004a William O. Beeman,
editor. Anticipating the Future: Collected
papers by Margaret Mead. New York:
Berghahn Books.2004b William
O. Beeman, Edited and with an Introduction by, Studying Contemporary Western
Society: Method and Theory.
papers by Margaret Mead. New
York: Berghahn Books. 304pp. (new collection, never
before published)2004c Zaban,
Hovviat va Ghodrat dar Iran. [Persian translation of Beeman, 1986, Language,
Status and Power in Iran].
Tehran: Keyvan
Publications. Translated by Reza Zoghdar Moghaddam.2002 The Third Line: The Opera Performer as Interpreter. 2nd.Edition [With Daniel
Helfgot] San Jose:
Third Line Books. xii + 268 pp.2000 William O. Beeman,
editor and Introduction, The Study of Culture at a Distance by Margaret
Mead and Rhoda Métraux. New York:
Berghahn Books.1993 The Third Line: The Opera Performer as Interpreter. 1stEdition
[With Daniel Helfgot] San Jose:
Third Line Books. First edition,New
York: Schirmer Books. xii + 242 pp.1988a Object, Image and Inquiry: The Art Historian at Work. (with
Elizabeth Bakewell. Marilyn Schmidt [general editor] and Carol McMichael
Reese.) Los Angeles: Getty Museum
Press. xii + 199 pp.1988b Intermedia: A Case Study in Innovation in Higher Education. Assessment Report for A Network of Scholar's
Workstations in a University Environment: A New Meduium for Research and
Education. (with Kenneth T. Anderson, Gail Bader, James Larkin, Anne P.
McClard, Patrick McQuillan, Mark Shields). Office of Program Analysis,
Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship, Brown University.
216 pp. + appendices1986a Language Status and Power in Iran
Bloomington: Indiana
University Press. xxii +
255 pp.1982a Culture, Performance and Communication in Iran. Tokyo:
Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
(ILCAA). xix + 223 pp.1982b Metin And, Mohammad Aziza, William Beeman, Peter Chelkowski,
Gerard-Henri Durand, Enrico Fulchignoni, Farrokh Gaffary, Samuel Glotz, Claude
Hudelot, and Du-Hyun Lee, participants, Le Long Voyage des Masques: Relations
entre les Masques d'Orient et d'Occident. (proceedi ngs of Colloquium : "Le Passage du Masque d'Orient en
Occident"). La Maison de la Culture de Rennes, Director: Cherif Khaznadar,
ed. Rennes: Maison de la Culture de Rennes. 121 pp.1982c Reflections on the Hmong in Providence, (William O. Beeman,
editor). Providence:
Privately Printed. 38 pp.1979a Intermediate Persian, Volume I, II. Windfuhr, Gernot, William Beeman, et al. Ann Arbor: University
of Michigan, Department
of Near Eastern Studies. Vol. I, 207 pp.; Vol. II, 288 pp.1971 Rudolph-Touba,
Jacqueline and William Beeman, Problems
of Children and Youth in the Iranian Family: A Pilot Study in the Villages of
the Kashan Desert Region. Tehran: Institute for Social Studies and
Research. 178 pp.Book
Series Editorial (S)2003a Series co-editor.
Shield, Renée Rose and Stanley
Aaronson, Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective. Volume 4. Aging in
Today’s World. New York:
Berghahn Books.2003b Series co-editor,
Peterson, Mark Allen, Anthropology & Volume 2. Anthropology & Mass
Communication. New York:
Berghahn Books.2003c Series co-editor,
Donovan, James M and Edwin Anderson III, Anthropology & Volume 1. Anthropology
& Law. New York:
Berghahn Books.2002 Series co-editor.
Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective. Volume 3. A Sealed and Secret Kinship: Policies and Practices in American
Adoption by Judith Modell. New
York: Berghahn Books.2001a Volume Editor. And Keep Your Powder Dry by Margaret
Mead. New York:
Berghahn Books. William O. Beeman, general editor.2001b Volume Editor. Russian Culture. By Margaret Mead,
Geoffrey Gorer and John Rickman. William O. Beeman, general editor.2001c Volume Editor. Themes in French Culture. By Margaret
Mead and Rhoda Métraux. New York:
Berghahn Books, William O. Beeman, general editor2001d The Perpetual Crisis
in the Middle East: Selected Op-Ed Essays.
1980-20012001e Series co-editor.
Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective. Volume 2. War on the Homefront: An Examination of Wife Abuse. by Ellie Braun-Haley
and Shawn D. Haley. New York:
Berghahn Books. Publication 20002000-2001 Series editor. Margaret Mead:
The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Volume 1-7. New York: Berghahn Books, William O. Beeman,
general editor.1999 Series co-editor. Public
Issues in Anthropological Perspective. Volume 1. Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness by Irene
Glasser and Rae Bridgman. New York:
Berghahn BooksChapters
in Books and Encyclopedia Articles
2006 After Ahmadinejad.
In Posch, Walter,
ed., Iranian Challenges. Paris: Institute for Security Studies,
European Union pp. 87-972005a Making Grown Men Weep.
In Hobart, Angela and Bruce Kapferer, eds., Aesthetics and Performance: The
Art of Rite. New York:
Berghahn Books, pp. 23-42.2005b Silence in Music. In Silence
and Culture, Maria Luisa Barrio. New
York: Berghahn Books, pp. 23-342005c Ferdowsi and Tajik
National Identity in Ferdowsi in the Realms of Culture and History. Tehran: Center for Great
Islamic Encyclopedia.2005d Iranian Drama. Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. Grollier
Academic Reference.2005e Iraqi Drama. Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. Grollier
Academic Reference.2004a Follow the Oil Trail—Mess in Afghanistan
Partly Our Government's Fault. in Anthropologists in the Public
Sphere: Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power Roberto Gonzalez, ed. Austin:
University of Texas Press. 304pp.2004b A War Our Great-GrandchildrenWill Be
Fighting. in in Anthropologists in the Public Sphere: Speaking Out on
War, Peace, and American Power.
Roberto Gonzalez, ed. Ausin: University
of Texas Press. 304pp.2004c U.S. Anti-Terrorist Message Won't Fly in the Islamic World. in Anthropologists
in the Public Sphere: Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power Roberto Gonzalez, ed. Austin:
University of Texas Press. 304pp.2004d Introduction. in , Studying
Contemporary Western Society: Method and Theory, papers by Margaret Mead.
[William O. Beeman, editor]. New York:
Berghahn Books. pp. ii-xx.2002a Fighting the Good
Fight: Fundamentalism and Religious Revival. In J. MacClancy, ed. Exotic No
More: Anthropology on the Front
Lines. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press. Pp. 129-144.2002b Performance Theory in
an Anthropology Program in Stuckey , Nathan and Wimmer, Cynthia, ed. Performance Studies as a Discipline. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University
Press.Pp. 85-972002c Proprietary Research
and Anthropological Ethics. In McDonald, James H., ed. The Applied
Anthropology Reader. Boston:
Allyn and Bacon. Pp. 56-60.2001 Iran. In Ember, Melvin and Carol R.
Ember, eds. Countries and Their Cultures.
New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
Pp. 1057-1076.2000 Introduction. In
William O. Beeman, ed. The Study of
Culture at a Distance, by Margaret Mead. New York: Berghahn Books. Pp. xi-xxx.1997a Linguistics and
Anthropology. in Blackwell's Dictionary
of Anthropology, Thomas Barfield, ed. London:
Blackwell's Pp. 275-82.1997b Communication. in
Blackwell's Dictionary of Anthropology,
Thomas Barfield, ed. London:
Blackwell's Pp. 73-771997c Semiotics. in
Blackwell's Dictionary of Anthropology,
Thomas Barfield, ed. London:
Blackwell's Pp. 421-422.1997d Gesture. in
Blackwell's Dictionary of Anthropology,
Thomas Barfield, ed. London:
Blackwell's. Pp. 223-2241997e Non-verbal
Communiction. in Blackwell's Dictionary
of Anthropology, Thomas Barfield, ed. London:
Blackwell's. Pp. 342-343.1997f Revitalization Drives
American Militias. In James Spradley and David W. McCurdy, edited, Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology, 9th
edition. New York:
Longman. Pp. 330-336.1995 The Iranian
Revolution of 1978-79. in The
Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Pp. 232-236.1995a Theatre in the Middle East. (Revised and updated version of C1988.) In Cambridge
Guide to World Theatre. 2nd ed. Martin Banham, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. Pp.
729-745. [with Kamal Abdel-Malek]1995b Stalking the Art
Historian. in Mark Shields, ed. Work and
Technology in Higher Education: The Social Context of Academic Computing. Montclair, N.J.: Lawrence E. Earlbaum. Pp.
89-102.1992 Mimesis and Travesty
in Middle Eastern Theater. in Laurence Selenick, ed. Gender in Performance: The Presentation of Difference in the Performing
Arts. Hanover, NH:
University Press of New England. Pp. 14-25.1990 Double Demons:
Cultural Impedance in U.S.
Iranian0 Understanding. in Miron Rezun, ed. Iran at the Crossroads. Boulder: Westview Press. Pp. 165-179.1989a Interculturalism:
Cross-Cultural Understanding through the Performing Arts. In Christian Academy,
ed., The Encounter between the East and
the West and the Creation of a Global Culture. The World Community in
Post-Industrial Society, Vol. 4. (Proceedings of the World Academic Conference
of the Seoul
Olympiad '88). Seoul, Korea: Wooseok Publishing Company.
Volume 4 Pp. 229-243.1989b Anthropology and the
Myths of American Foreign Policy [revised and expanded version of P1986]. In
Turner, Paul and David Pitt, Eds. The
Anthropology of War and Peace: Perspectives on the Nuclear Age. Granby, MA:
Bergin and Garvey. pp. 49-65.1989c Assesment and
Intensive Computing on the College Campus: A Research Summary. in Integrated Planning for Campus
Information Systems, Daphne Layton, ed. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online
Computer Library Center.1988 Theatre in the Middle East. In Cambridge Guide to World
Theatre. Martin Banham, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 664-676.1987a Hypertext and
Pluralism: From Lineal to Non-lineal Thinking. In Proceedings of HyperTEXT '87 Conference. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. Pp. 67-881987b Computers and Human
Consciousness. In Schmutzer,
Manfred, ed., Komputer und Kultur.
Technik und Gesellschaft 1 (3).Vienna, Austria: Institut fuer Technik und
Gesellschaft, Technische Universitaet Wien.1986a Freedom to Choose: Symbolic
Values in American Advertising. In Herve Varenne, ed., The Symbolization of America.
Omaha: University of Nebraska
Press. Pp. 52-65. Notes, Pp. 253-2551986b Conflict and Belief in
American Foreign Policy. In Mary LeCron Foster and Robert A. Rubenstein, eds., Peace and War: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Rutgers: Transaction Books. Pp. 333-342.1986c Stricter Penalties
Will Not Eliminate Terrorism. In Szumski, Bonnie, ed., Terrorism: Opposing Viewpoints. St. Paul: Greenhaven Press.1985 Dimensions of Dysphoria:
The View from Linguistic Anthropology. In Kleinman, Arthur and Byron Good,
eds., Culture and Depression: Studies in
the Anthropology and Cross-cultural Psychiatry of Affect and Disorder. Berkeley: University
of California Press. Pp.
216-243.1984 The Cultural Role of
the Media in Iran:
The Revolution of 1978-1979 and After. In Arno, Andrew and Wimal Dissanayake,
eds., The Role of the News Media in
National and International Conflict. Denver:
Westview Press. Pp. 147-164.1983a Images of the Great
Satan; Symbolic conceptions of the United States in the Iranian
Revolution. In Religion and Politics in Iran.
Nikkie Keddie, ed. New Haven: Yale University
Press. Pp. 191-217.1983b Patterns of Religion
and Economic Development in Iran
from the Qajar Era to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-9. In Global Economics and Religion.. James Finn, ed. New Brunswick and London:
Transaction Books. Pp. 73-104.1983c Between Laughter and
Tears: Communicational and Cultural Dimensions of Iranian Ta'ziyeh and Ru-hozi.
In Matsuda, Toru, ed., Proceed ings of
International Symposium on Spectacle and Entertainment. Tokyo: Sanseido. (In Japanese) Pp. 23-401981a A Full Arena: The
Development and Meaning of Popular Performance Traditions in Iran. In Bonine, Michael and Nikki
Keddie, eds. Modern Iran: The Dialectics of Continuity
and Change. Albany: State
University of New York Press. Pp. 361-382, notes p. 440-444.1979 Cultural Dimensions
of Performance Conventions in Iranian Ta'ziyeh. In Peter J. Chelkowski, ed., Ta'ziyeh: Ritual and Drama in Iran.
New York: New York University
Press. Pp. 24-31.1978c Boloukbashi, Ali and
William Beeman, And A Time for Pleasure. In
Roloff, Beny, photographer and Amir Arjomand, general editor, Iran: Elements of Destiny. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Pp. 252-2751977 The Hows and Whys of
Persian Style: A Pragmatic Approach, in Ralph W. Fasold and Roger W. Shuy,
eds., Studies in Language Variation.
Washington, D.C. Georgetown University
Press. pp. 269-282.Refereed Journal
Articles2006 The Performance
Hypothesis. L’Ethnographie. Nouvelle
ed. Spring no. 1: 104-136.2006 Language and
Identity Politics. Journal of Palestine Studies
35 (2): 68-70.2005 Acting Styles and
Actor Training in Ta’ziyeh. TDR (The Drama Review). Special issue on Ta’ziyeh,
Peter Chelkowski, editor. 49(4): 48-60.2004a The Concept: Risk—East
and West. Bulletin of the Royal
Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (BRIIFS) vol. 6 (1) Spring/Summer 2004.2004b The
U.S.-Shi'ite Relationship in a New Iraq: Better than the British? Strategic
Insights, Volume III, Issue 5: 1-8.2004c Elections and
Governmental Structure in Iran:
Reform Lurks Under the Flaws. Brown Journal of World Affairs XI:1
[Summer/Fall] 55-68.2003a Iran and the United States—Postmodern Culture
Conflict in Action. Anthropological Quarterly Vol 76(4): 671-6912003b Performative Symbols
and their Relative Non-Arbitrariness: Representing Women in Iranian Traditional
Theater. Semiotica 144 (2003): 1-19.2003c Losing the Peace in Iraq Open
Spaces: Views from the Northwest. Vol 6(1): 36-44.2002 How to Lose the
Peace. Open Spaces Views from the
Northwest. Vol 4(3) 2002: 40-44.2001a Situations and
Interpretations: Explorations in Interpretive Practice. (with Mark A. Peterson)
Anthropological Quarterly. Vol 74(4):
1-4.2001b Emotion and Sincerity
in Persian Discourse. International
Journal of the Sociology of Language Vol 148 (2001): 31-572001c The Elusive Butterfly.
Iconicity in Language. [peer-reviewed
on-line journal] http://www.trismegistos.com/IconicityInLanguage/Articles/Beeman.html
September.2001d Writing for the
Crisis. Anthropology Today. Vol. 17.
No. 6, December 2001.2000a Humor. In “Linguistic
Lexicon for theMillenium,” Journal of
Linguistic Anthropology. 9(1-2): 103-106.Reprinted 2001 In Duranti,
Allessandro, ed. Key Terms in Language
and Culture. New York:
Blackwell's. Pp. 98-101.2000b Tajikistan: National Symbolism and
Revolutionary Politics. Polis (Moscow, in Russian) December
151-156.1999 The Struggle for
Identity in Post-Soviet Tajikistan.
MERIA (Middle East Research) 3:(4) Artlcle 7.1996 Torture: Television
and Terrorism in Iran.
American Anthropologist. 98(4): 875-77.1993 Jensiyat
va Hoveyat dar Iran (Gender and Nationalism in Iran) [in Persian] Mehregan 1(4): 73-81.1993a The Anthropology of
Theater and Spectacle. Annual Review of
Anthropology 22 (1993): 369-393.1993b Performance in
Discourse and in Film. Reviews in
Anthropology.1992 Nemad-ha-ye
Melli-gera'i dar Iran
(Symbols of Iranian Nationalism) [in Persian]. Mehregan 1(3): 72-80.1990c Double Demons:
Cultural Impedance in U.S.
Iranian Understanding. The Iranian
Journal of International Affairs. 2 (2-3): 320-333. (Persian translation of
C1990b above).1988a Affectivity in Persian
Language Usage. In Good, Byron, Mary Jo Good and Michael M.J. Fischer, eds., Affect and Healing in Middle Eastern
Cultures. Special Issue, Culture
Medicine and Psychiatry 12 (1): 403-24.1988e The Use of Music in
Popular Film: East and West [reprint of 1980a]. Society for Visual Anthropology Newsletter 4(2): 8-12.1987a Living with Iran. Ethics and Foreign Affairs 1 (1): 85-96.
1987b Anthropology and the
Print Media. Anthropology Today 3(3):
2-4.1986a Anthropology and the
Myths of Foreign Policy. In Walter Goldschmidt, ed., Anthropology and Public Policy: A Dialogue. Special Publication No.
21. Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association.
Pp. 45-54.1986b Iran's Religious Regime--What Makes
it Tick? Will It Ever Run Down? Annals of
the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
483: 73-83.1986c Terrorism: Community
Based or State Supported? Arab-American
Affairs 16 [Spring]: 29-36.1986d The Future Campus
Computerization. Connection (Journal
of New England Council of Higher Education)
Summer. 34-37, 55.1983 Gulf Oilspill:
Desperate Dilemma in the Persian Gulf. Middle East Insight 3(2):3-5.1982a Tadashi Suzuki's
Universal Vision. Performing Arts Journal
17:6(2): 77-87.1982b The Word is an Act of
the Body. Interview with Tadashi Suzuki. Performing
Arts Journal 17:6 (2): 88-93.1982c Japan in the Middle East.
Worldview 25(6) [August]: 18-20.1982d Food and Drink in
Contemporary Iran.
In Studies in Comparative Cultures.
pp. 153-168 (In Japanese). Tokyo:
Suntory Quarterly Publications.Pl982e Anthropology and
Performance Studies: Performance Studies in America. In 1982 Theater Yearbook. pp. 121-125. (In Japanese). Tokyo: Waseda
University Press.1982f Traditional Indian
Theater Modernized in Japan.
Shingeki (Tokyo) No. 354 [October]:36-37.1981a Post-Modernism: The
Social Aspect. Performing Arts Journal 15
5(3): 61-64.1981b Why Do They Laugh? An
Interactional Approach to Humor in Traditional Iranian Improvisatory Theatre. Journal of American Folklore 94(374):
506-526. (special issue on folk theater. Thomas A. Green, ed.)1980a The Use of Music in
Popular Film - East vs. West. India International Center
Quarterly (New Delhi)
8(1): 77-87.1980b Martyrdom vs.
Intervention: The Cultural Logic Behind Iranian Resistance to American Military
Intervention. Leviathan (Fall):2-8.1980c CA* Comment on Georges
Mounin-The Semiology of Orientation. Current
Anthropology. 21(4):495.1978a Hollos, Marida and
William Beeman, Communicative Style and Culture: The Development of Directives
among Norwegian and Hungarian Children.
Language in Society 7: 345-355.1978b Beeman, William and
Amit Bhattacharyya, Toward an Assessment of the Social Role of Rural Midwives
and its Implication for the Family Planning Program: An Iranian Case Study. Human Organization 37(3): 295-300.1976a Status, Style and
Strategy in Iranian Interaction. Anthropological
Linguistics 18(7) 305-322.1976b You Can Take Music Out
of the Country, But...: The Dynamics of Change in Iranian Musical Tradition. Asian Music 7(2): 6-20.1976c What is (Iranian)
National Character? A Sociolinguistic Approach. Iranian Studies 9(1): 22-48.Non
refereed Articles(not
included are approximately 400 Op-ed and popular magazine articles of under
3000 words)2005 U.S. may be laying the groundwork to attack Iran. National Catholic
Reporter 41(34)[July 15]: 18(1)
2004 Call in the Sex
Inspectors! Ambiguity vs. “Marriage Laws.” SOLGAN Newsletter 23:1
[Spring/Summer] 6-7.2003a Annie Triumphans. In
Trinity Repertory Company, Annie, book by Thomas Meehan, music by
Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, direction and musical direction,
Amanda Dehnert, April 25-June 8. Providence,
RI [theatre program humnanities
essay].2003b "Nonconservative
guru sets sights on Iran.," in National Catholic Reporter, vol. 39,
pp. 14: National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company.2003c “El retroceso de la
guerra: surge la posibilidad de un atolladero. (Comentario).(Guerra contra
Irak)” El
Mensajero 16(8): 1 (3).
2002 Ta'ziyeh Performance Conventions: A Short Sketch. Asia
Society (on line article). http://asiasociety.com/arts/taziyeh/beeman.html2000a Can
you change what you are if you change the way you speak? In Trinity Repertory
Company, My Fair Lady, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; music by
Frederick Loewe ; adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Gabriel Pascal's
motion picture, Pygmalion ; direction and musical direction, Amanda Dehnert.
March 3-31. Providence,
RI. [theatre program humanities
essay]1999a Anthropological
Research in Tajikistan.
Anthropology Newsletter 40(9) [December]: 55-56.1999b The Mystery of
Singing. Faculty Bulletin, Brown
University. November.
2-14.1997 Five American
Singers in Chemnitz. New York Opera Newsletter. March 1997, pp. 1-10.1996 Providence: City of Enormous Charm and
Excitement. MESA
Newsletter 18 (2): 16.1993d Handshake of Hope,
Handshake of Despair. Brown Journal of
Foreign Affairs 1:1, 97-102.1987a The Power of Kinship.
Commentary on Sam Shephard's Lie of the
Mind. Providence, RI:
Trinity Repertory Theater, and Rhode
Island Committee for the Humanities.1987b Why Can't the Dead
Die. Commentary on Eugene O'Niell's
Mourning Becomes Electra. Providence, RI: Trinity Repertory Theater, and Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.1982a Iran's Religious Regime. Sekai (The
World) March: 56-78. (In Japanese).1982b Food and Drink in
Contemporary Iran.
In Studies in Comparative Cultures.
pp. 153-168 (In Japanese). Tokyo:
Suntory Quarterly Publications.1982c Air Route Battle
Mirrors Trade Dilemmas. National Comment
1(12) [May]: 35.1982d Japan on Way to Becoming Major
Military Power. National Comment 2(1)
[June]:68-69.1981a How Not to Negotiate:
Crossed Signals on the Hostages. The
Nation 232 (2): 42-44.1981b George Gershwin and
the Semiotics of American Music. Eureka 115
[December]:83-97 (In Japanese).1981c George Gershwin's
Continuing Influence -- Dialogue with Masao Yamaguchi. Ibid: 46-56 (In Japanese).1981d Bacchus Reborn in the
Middle of Asia. Shingeki No. 343 [November]:62- 66 (In Japanese).1981e The World as Seen
through an Old Woman's Eyes. Shingeki No.
344 [December]:32-33 (In Japanese).1981f Lybia Tries Show of
Strength to Impress Moscow.
National Comment 1(5)
[October]:68-69.1980a Dramatizing the Ritual
of American Life. In Rhode Island
Committee for the Humanities 1979-80 Humanities Packet No. 3- The Dramatic Work
as a Cultural/Historical Document. Providence: Rhode Island Committee
for the Humanities.1980b Exuent Omnes? The Nation 230(22): 677
1979 Paying the Price of
Empire. Issues 10(5): 2-3,8.1977c Tradition Iranian
Improvisatory Theatre. In Catalogue of
11th Annual Festival of Arts. Shiraz, Tehran: Festival of Arts Center.1977d Traditional
Improvisatory Theatre in Asia: An Introductory
Note. Ibid.1977e Bhavai-Traditional
Improvisatory Theatre (India).
Ibid.Book Reviews (and Performance Reviews)
2003a Performance Review of Ta’ziyeh.
Lincoln Center, July 2003. Theatre Journal.
Vol 55 (2): 359-362.2003b From
respected scholar to neoconservative ideologue - Don't believe a word Bernard
Lewis says about the Middle East. Review of The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and
Unholy Terror, by Bernard Lewis. Providence Journal May
11, 2003. p.
D-09.2002 Review of Music and Song in Persia by Lloyd Miller. Iranian Studies. Publication date Vol 14
(1) : March 2002: 53-54.2000a Review of Choreophobia:Solo Improvised Dance in the
Iranian World. by Anthony Shay. Iranian
Studies.Publication date: Vol 13 (3) December 2001: 67-69.2000b Review of The Early Days of Sociolinguistics: Memories
and Reflections. by Christina Bratt Paulston, G. Richard Tucker, eds.. American Anthropologist. 102 (2): 370-371.2000c Marianna Torgovnick. Primitive Passions: Men, Women and the Quest
for Ecstacy. by Marianna Torgovnick. Anthropology
and Humanism Vol 25 (2): 286-288.1997 Review of Goody,
Esther, ed., Social intelligence and
interaction: Expressions and implications of the social bias in human
intelligence. Language and Society 26
(4): 556-8.1996 Review of Duranti,
Allesandro, From Grammar to Politics:
Linguistic Anthropology in a Western
Samoan Village.
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 6 (2): 255-71995a Review of Allen,
Susan, ed., Media Anthropology: Informing
Global Citizens. American Anthropologist 97(3): 593.1995b Review of
Meskoob,Shahrokh, Iranian Nationality and
the Persian Language (John Perry's edition; Michael J. Hillmann's Tr) Iranian-Studies 28 (1-2) [winter-spring]: 86-88.1994a Review of Messick,
Brinkley, The Calligraphic State: Textual
Domination and History in a Muslim Society. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 28 (1):
54-55.1994b Review of Corballis,
Michael, The Lopsided Ape: Evolution of
the Generative Mind. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 4(1): 85-86.1992a Review of Haeri,
Shahla, Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage
in Shi'a Islam. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
V. 523 (October 1992).1992b Review of Chehabi,
H.E., Iranian Politics and Religious
Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran under the Shah and Khomeini.
The Annals of the American
Academy of Political and
Social Science. V. 523 (September, 1992) pp. 226-227.1991 Review of Catherine
Lutz and Leila Abu-Lughod, eds. Language
and the Poetics of Emotion. Journal
of Linguistic Anthropology. 1(1): 47-49.1988 Review
of James Bill, The Eagle and the Lion: The
Tragedy of American Iranian Relations. Middle East Insight 5(6):46-48.27.1987d Anthropology and the
Print Media. Anthropology Today 3(3):
2-4.1987a Review of Ruhollah
Ramazani, Revolutionary Iran. Middle
East Journal 41(4) [Autumn]: 635-636.1987b Review of Janet
Shibamoto, Japanese Women's Language.
American Anthropologist 89( 2) [June]:
513-514.1983 Review of The United States
and Iran:
The Patterns of Influence. by R.K. Ramazani (New York: Praeger, 1982). The Middle East Journal 37(4) Autumn:.702-703.1982a Review of Rubin, Barry, Paved with Good Intentions: The American
Experience and Iran.
(New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980). Middle
East Journal 36(4): 592-593.1982b Review of Kazemi, Farhad Poverty and Revolution in Iran: The Migrant Poor, Urban
Marginality and Politics. (New York: New York University Press). MESA
(Middle East Studies Association) Bulletin
16(1)[July]: 92-93.1982c Review of Keddie,
Nikki R. Roots of Revolution: an Interpretive History of Modern Iran.
(New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1982). Journal of the Economic
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