William O Beeman

2018

Understanding the Zār: An African-Iranian healing dance ritual

Beeman, W. O., Jan 1 2018, In: Anthropology of the Middle East. 13, 1, p. 69-81 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

Iran and Central Asia

Beeman, W. O., 2017, Etiquette and Taboos Around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Customs. Taylor, K. & Williams, V. (eds.). Santa Barbara, CA : Greenwood Press, p. 145-150 5 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Iran and Kurdistan: A Studied Ambiguity

Beeman, W. O., 2017, The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism. Ahmed, M. M. A. & Gunter, M. M. (eds.). Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publications, p. 276-286

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Martyrdom, Shi’a Islam, Ta’ziyeh: Political Symbolism in Shi’a Islam

Beeman, W. O., 2017, Sacrifice and Death in Modern Islam. Hatina, M. & Litvak, M. (eds.). London: I.B. Tauris, p. 224-243 19 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2016

Post-Revolutionary Iran: Democracy or Theocracy

Beeman, W. O., 2016, Inside the Islamic Republic: Social Change in Post-Khomeini Iran. Monshipouri, M. (ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 37-62 25 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2015

Religion and Ritual Performance

Beeman, W. O., 2015, La croyance et le corps. Esthétique, corporéité des croyances et identités. Pradier, J-M. (ed.). Bordeaux: Universite de Bordeaux, p. 35-58 23 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2014

Emotion and instantaneous choice in interactional linguistic pragmatics: Cross-cultural perspectives

Beeman, W. O., Aug 2014, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 69, p. 52-62 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Homosexuality in the Middle East

Beeman, W. O., 2014, Everyday Life in the Middle East, 3rd Edition. Bowen, D. L. (ed.). Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, p. 320-331 11 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

How to talk and listen to Iran

Beeman, W. O., Apr 2014, In: Anthropology Today. 30, 2, p. 1-2 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Negotiating a Passage to the Meal in Four Cultures

Beeman, W. O., 2014, Language and Food. Szatrowski, P. (ed.). John Benjamins, p. 31-52 21 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2013

Sociolect-based community detection

Reynolds, W. N., Salter, W. J., Farber, R. M., Corley, C., Dowling, C. P., Beeman, W. O., Smith-Lovin, L. & Choi, J. N., 2013, IEEE ISI 2013 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Big Data, Emergent Threats, and Decision-Making in Security Informatics. p. 221-226 6 p. 6578823. (IEEE ISI 2013 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Big Data, Emergent Threats, and Decision-Making in Security Informatics).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2 Scopus citations

US-Iran relations: Mutually assured estrangement

Beeman, W. O., Jan 1 2013, Iranian Foreign Policy Since 2001: Alone in the World. Taylor and Francis, p. 196-207 12 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

1 Scopus citations

2012

Linguistics and Anthropology

Beeman, W. O., Jan 1 2012, Philosophy of Linguistics. Elsevier, p. 531-551 21 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2 Scopus citations

War and peace and margaret mead: In search of a role for anthropology in the reduction of international violence

Beeman, W. O., Dec 1 2012, Expanding American anthropology, 1945-1980: A generation reflects. The University of Alabama Press, p. 199-203 5 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2011

Iranian Performance Traditions: Keys to Iranian Culture

Beeman, W. O., 2011, Los Angeles: Mazda Publications.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Production, Hearing and Listening: Intentional Participation in Musical Culture in the Islamic World

Beeman, W. O., 2011, In: Anthropology News. 52, p. 11

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Review of Caught in Play by Peter Stromberg

Beeman, W. O., 2011, In: Ethos. 39, p. 1-3

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

29 Scopus citations

Review of Grass: Untold Stories by Bahman Maghsoudlou

Beeman, W. O., 2011, In: The Middle East Journal. 65, p. 520-522

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

War and Peace and Margaret Mead: Anthropology's 20th-Century Contributions to the Reduction of International Violence: A Generation Reflects

Beeman, W. O., 2011, Expanding American Anthropology 1945-1980: A Generation Reflects. Kehoe, A. B. & Doughty, P. (eds.). Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2010

Music and ideology: Music at the margins: Performance and ideology in the persianate world

Beeman, W. O. & O'Connell, J. M., Dec 1 2010, Music and Conflict. University of Illinois Press, p. 141-154 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2 Scopus citations

Music and Marginality Ethnicity and Status in the Persianate World

Beeman, W. O., 2010, Music and Conflict. O’Connell, J. (ed.). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Performance Pragmatics, Neuroscience and Evolution

Beeman, W. O., 2010, In: Pragmatics and Society. 1, 1, p. 118-137 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Review of MEDIA, Culture & Society in Iran: Living With Globalization & the Islamic State by Mehdi Samati, ed

Beeman, W. O., 2010, In: Iranian Studies. 43, p. 571-572

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

Gulf society: An anthropological view of the khalijis-their evolution and way of life

Beeman, W. O., Jan 5 2009, The Persian Gulf in History. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 147-159 13 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

10 Scopus citations

Gulf Society: An Anthropological View of the Khalijis, their Evolution and Way of Life

Beeman, W. O., 2009, The Persian Gulf in History. Potter, L. (ed.). New York and London: Palgrave-MacMillan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Sociolinguistics in the Iranian world

Beeman, W. O., Dec 16 2009, The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World: A Handbook. Ball, M. J. (ed.). Abingdon and New York: Taylor and Francis, p. 139-148 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

4 Scopus citations

Understanding The Behavior Of Shi’a And Sunni Muslims In Iraq Is Complicated

Beeman, W. O., 2009, In: AnthroNotes. 30, p. 13-16

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

After 13 years: Back in Iran. Abbas Yousefpour, dir. DVDR. San Francisco. A world between, 2006

Beeman, W. O., 2008, In: American Anthropologist. 110, 4, p. 508 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Everyday Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia

Beeman, W. O., Jul 2008, In: Contemporary Islam. 2, 2, p. 163-164 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

Classical Persian Music, Islam and Ta’ziyeh: Studies in Honor of Peter Chelkowski

Beeman, W. O., 2007, Muraqqa’e Sharqi: Studies in Honor of Peter Chelkowski. Rastegar, S. & Vanzan, A. (eds.). San Marino: AIEP Editore Srl, p. 43-56

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

The Neurobiology of Opera

Beeman, W. O., 2007, In: Culture Teatrali. 16, p. 129-148

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The Performance Hypothesis: Practicing Emotions in Protected Frames

Beeman, W. O., 2007, The Emotions. Wulff, H. (ed.). Berg Publishers, p. 273-298

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

The “Great Satan” vs. the “Mad Mullahs”: How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other

Beeman, W. O., 2007, Paperback ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

2006

After Ahmadinejad

Beeman, W. O., 2006, Iranian Challenges. Posch, W. (ed.). Paris, FR: Institute for Security Studies, European Union, p. 87-97

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Eligible for Regime Change? The Flimsy US Case against Iran

Beeman, W. O., 2006, In: Global Dialogue. 8, p. 31-39

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Language and Identity Politics

Beeman, W. O., 2006, In: Journal of Palestine Studies. 35, p. 68-70

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Los tropos de la musica=The tropes of music

Beeman, W. O., 2006, In: Revista de antropología social. 15, p. 265-271

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Review of Lefkowitz: Words and Stones: The Politics of Language and Identity in Israel by Daniel Lefkowitz and A War of Words: Language and Conflict in the Middle East by Yasir Suleiman

Beeman, W. O., 2006, In: Journal of Palestine Studies. 35, p. 108-110

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The Performance Hypothesis

Beeman, W. O., 2006, In: L’Ethnographie. p. 104-136

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

31 Scopus citations

2005

Acting styles and actor training in Ta'ziyeh

Beeman, W. O. & Ghaffari, M. B., 2005, In: TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies. 49, 4, p. 48-60 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Editor's note

Hill, J. H., Bakar, M. A., Aceto, M., Adachi, N., Adger, C., Agha, A., Ahearn, L., Aikhenvald, A., Akkinaso, N., Samy Alim, H., Al-Weir, E., Ann, J., Ardèvol, E., Argenter, J., Aronsson, K., Auer, P., Baider, F., Bailey, B., Bailey, G., Bailey, R., & 79 othersBamberg, M., Baptista, M., Baquedano-López, P., Bardovi-Harlig, K., Baron, N., Baugh, J., H-Dirksen, L. B., Bauman, L., Bauman, R., Bavin, E., Bayley, R., Beach, W., Becker, A. G., Beeman, W., Bendix, E., Bennardo, G., Ben-Rafael, E., Bentivoglio, P., Bhatia, T. K., Bilmes, J., Bing, J., Blommaert, J., Boberg, C., Bolonyai, A., Boroditsky, L., Bourhis, R., Boxer, D., Bradac, J., Brenneis, D., Briggs, C., Brody, J., Brown, P., Bucholtz, M., Caldas, S., Cameron, D., Carvalho, A., Chafe, W., Chambers, J., Chang, H. C., Cheshire, J., Clayman, S., Coates, J., Collins, J., Cook, G., Cook, H., Cook-Gumperz, J., Cooper-Kuhlen, E., Corbett, G. G., Coulmas, F., Coupland, J., Coupland, N., Cromdal, J., Debose, C. E., Dedaić, M., Paolo, M. D., Dorian, N., Downing, P. A., Drew, P., Bois, J. D., Duranti, A., Eades, D., Edelsky, C., Egbert, M., Ehrlich, S., Erbaugh, M., Erickson, F., Errington, J., Ervin-Tripp, S., Evaldsson, A. C., Fader, A., Fang, Y. J., Farr, M., Fitch, K., Flowerdew, J., Fogelson, R., Ford, C. E., Foster, J., Foulkes, P. & Freed, A., Nov 2005, In: Language in Society. 34, 5, p. 825-827 3 p.

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