| Description |
1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Written culture and identity ; 5 |
|
WCI (London, England) ; 5.
|
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 position and historical context from which they emerged ... Fotouhi sheds new light on the role of Iranian literature and culture in Western literature by showing that these writings distinctively reflect a diasporic experience unique to Iranians. Analysing the relationship between Iranians and their new surroundings by drawing on theories of migration, narration and identity, Fotouhi examines how the literature borne out of the Iranian Diaspora reflects socio-political realities today.--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-263) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- Iranian authors -- History and criticism
|
|
Iranian diaspora.
|
|
Iranians -- Foreign countries.
|
|
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
|
|
POETRY -- Continental European.
|
|
Iranians -- Foreign countries
|
|
Iranian diaspora
|
|
English literature -- Iranian authors
|
|
Literatur
|
|
Migrantenliteratur
|
|
Iranier
|
|
Englisch
|
| Genre/Form |
Literary criticism
|
|
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
|
Literary criticism.
|
|
Critiques littéraires.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780857737663 |
|
085773766X |
|
9781786731609 |
|
1786731606 |
|
