The literature of the Iranian diaspora : meaning and identity since the Islamic revolution /

The 1979 Revolution in Iran caused the migration of millions of Iranians, many of whom wrote of, and are still writing of, their experiences. Sanaz Fotouhi here traces the origins of the emerging body of diasporic Iranian literature in English, and uses these origins to examine the socio-political p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fotouhi, Sanaz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Colección:WCI (London, England) ; 5.
Temas:
English literature > Iranian authors > History and criticism.
Iranian diaspora.
Iranians > Foreign countries.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs iraniens > Histoire et critique.
Iraniens > Pays étrangers.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
POETRY > Continental European.
Iranians > Foreign countries
Iranian diaspora
English literature > Iranian authors
Literatur
Migrantenliteratur
Iranier
Englisch
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Essence of desire for a better world
  • History: 'Remembering and narrating the past'
  • Sufi poetry: 'Universal and profound'
  • The memoir: 'Double-edged' narratives
  • Mothers and daughters: Writing 'Beyond the homeland'
  • Iranian masculinites: 'Hypervisibility/invisibility'
  • Conclusion: The 'Not-yet' future of Iranian writing.

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