Loeb, Laurence D.

Outcaste: Jewish Life in Southern Iran [Author Inscribed]

New York; Gordon And Breach, 1977. Item #33005

Original Cloth. 8vo. XXV, 328, [1] pages. 24 cm. First edition. Author inscribed on first endpage. Illustrated with 97 plates, judeo-persion and persian glossary, various appendices on demographic, kinship terminology, and state restrictive codes, and fold out map. “A unique investigation of contemporary Jewish life in a Muslim country - the first ethnography of the Persian-Jewish diaspora, giving the reader a deep appreciation of this relatively unknown culture. The author describes in detail traditional Jewish life in the provincial city of Shiraz and the challenges of coexistence with a Muslim majority. ” (Publishers Description) . In the series: Library of anthropology. Subjects: Jews - Iran - Shiraz - Social life and customs. Juifs - Iran - Chiraz - Moeurs et coutumes. Juifs - Iran - Shiraz (Iran) - Moeurs et coutumes. Light wear to jacket, light writing in margins of a few pages, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SEF-46-20).

Price: $100.00