Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture /

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By bringing sensory studies to the study of Persian literature and culture, Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses: Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture inaugurates a new chapter for Iranian and Persian studies. This volume offers a diverse set of readings across periods, genres and fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi (Mohammed Mehdi) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Persian literature > History and criticism.
Littérature persane > Histoire et critique.
Literature: history and criticism.
Cultural studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Iraanse taal- en letterkunde.
Persian literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • A Note on Translations and Transliterations
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Minds/Senses
  • Michael Beard
  • 1. Transcending the Written Text: From Dava'i's Sensescapes to Sensorial Promiscuities in a Hafezian Banquet
  • M. Mehdi Khorrami
  • 2. Beyond Senses: Rumi's Mystical Philosophy of Sense Perceptions
  • Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
  • 3. Ta'ziyeh and Social Jouissance: 'Beyond the Pleasure' of Pain in Islamic Passion Play and Muharram Ceremonies
  • Sheida Dayani
  • 4. Seeing Red, Hearing the Revolution: The Multi-Sensory Appeal of Shuresh
  • Neda Bolourchi
  • 5. Radical Openness in Forugh Farrokhzad's The House is Black
  • Shabnam Piryaei
  • 6. Feminine Sense Versus Common Sense in Two Persian Folktales from Iran: 'A Girl's Loyalty' and 'Seven Poplar Trees'
  • Yass Alizadeh
  • 7. Sonic Triggers and Fiery Pools: The Senses at War in Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar's Scorpion
  • Amir Moosavi
  • 8. The Sensorium of Exile: The Case of Elyas Alavi and Gloria Anzaldúa
  • Fatemeh Shams
  • 9. Making Sense of the Senses: A Sensory Reading of Moniro Ravanipour's These Crazy Nights
  • M. R. Ghanoonparvar
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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