Richard Tapper is Professor Emeritus at SOAS University of London. He is a social anthropologist who has conducted ethnographic field research in Iran Afghanistan and Turkey. His publications include the monographs Pasture and Politics: Economics Conflict and Ritual among Shahsevan Nomads of Northwestern Iran as well as Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan and Islam and Democracy in Iran: Eshkevari and the Quest for Reform. He is also well-known for the books Nomadic Peoples of Iran The New Iranian Cinema and A Taste of Thyme. Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper taught social anthropology at SOAS University of London for many years. She has carried out fieldwork in Iran Afghanistan Turkey Syria Wales and the USA. Her books include Bartered Brides: Politics Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society Dancing in Damascus The Roots of Sexual Violence and the edited Dislocating Masculinity: Comparative Ethnographies and Masculinities under Neoliberalism. . Language: English