| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 186 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in modernity and national identity |
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Studies in modernity and national identity.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Staging the nation : city, ceremony, and legitimation in late Qajar Iran -- Nationalizing pre-Islamic Iran : the return of the archaic and the authentication of modernity -- The pedagogic state : education and nationalism under Reza Shah -- Nation and memory : commemorations and the construction of national memory under Reza Shah -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"In Nationalizing Iran, Afshin Marashi explores the changes that made possible this transformation of Iran into a social abstraction in which notions of state, society, and culture converged. He follows Naser al-Din Shah on a tour of Europe in 1873 that led to his importing a new public image of monarchy - an image based on the European late imperial model - relying heavily on the use of public ceremonies, rituals, and festivals to promote loyalty to the monarch. Meanwhile, Iranian intellectuals were reimagining ethnic history to reconcile "authentic" Iranian culture with the demands of modernity. From the reform of public education to the symbolism surrounding grand public ceremonies in honor of long-dead poets, Marashi shows how the state invented and promoted key features of the common culture binding state and society. The ideological thrust of that century would become the source of dramatic contestation in the late twentieth century."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-180) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- Iran.
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Education and state -- Iran -- History
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Civilization
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Education and state
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Nationalism
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Nationalbewusstsein
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- History -- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067905
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Iran -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067884
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| Subject |
Iran
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Ferdows
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021694536 |
| ISBN |
9780295800615 |
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0295800615 |
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