The designed document arrived in the early hours of Saturday for proof-checking and indexing, both of which need to be complete by Monday 21 December.
On the PR front, last Thursday I contacted a few people with a request for pre-publication endorsements and I am very pleased that I have now got a good number of acceptances, including a few prominent academics whose work is connected with Iran.
SYNOPSIS
Among the Iranians: A Guide to Iran’s Culture and Customs
In the wake of the current media focus on Iran’s nuclear technology development and its place in Middle East politics, the West continues its quest to understand this paradoxical nation: its politics, yes, but also its people, their culture, and even the everyday customs and rituals. Among the Iranians presents an inside look at the hidden “rules” that exist among Iranians, from polite behavior and the underlying cultural notion of face to gender roles to the image that every Iranian wants to project to the world. Western readers may be familiar with a stereotyped view of Iran’s unchanging “high culture” in its great mosques and squares and to some extent its classical literature in the poems of Hafez and Khayyam. However, this book aims to convey the nitty-gritty of everyday life in Iran: how to queue for bread, how to get a job done in a government office, dress codes and degrees of piety, marriage as a connection between families, the elaborate system of Persian politeness.
Written with a mix of personal observation and intercultural theory, the goal of Among the Iranians is to open people’s eyes about the fascinating everyday reality of Iran—in short, the book seeks to explain everything you ever wanted to discover about Iran’s culture and customs, but didn’t even know to ask.
The web links:
Intercultural Press/Nicholas Brealey Publishing: http://www.interculturalpress.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=&idproduct=357
Amazon US:http://www.amazon.com/Among-Iranians-Sofia-Koutlaki/dp/1931930902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259836704&sr=1-1
Amazon UK:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Among-Iranians-Guide-Culture-Customs/dp/1931930902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259588848&sr=1-1
Author’s blog: www.amongtheiranians.blogspot.com
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