Biography
William Orman Beeman is an American scholar whose specialty is the Middle East. He is Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Minnesota, where he was Chair of the Department of Anthropology for 13 years until his retirement in 2020. He has authored many articles and fourteen books on Iranian politics, theatre, language, and culture.
Works
The Anthropology of War & Peace
The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs"
Language, status, and power in Iran
Iraq, a State in Search of a Nation
Iranian performance traditions
Iranian performance traditions
2011
Great Satan vs. the Mad Mullahs
Great Satan vs. the Mad Mullahs
2005
Culture, performance, and communication in Iran
Culture, performance, and communication in Iran
1982
The meaning of stylistic variation in Iranian verbal interaction
The meaning of stylistic variation in Iranian verbal interaction
1976