Women write Iran : nostalgia and human rights from the diaspora
By: Naghibi, Nima
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BookPublisher: University of Minnesota Press : Women Write Iran , 2016Description: 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780816683826 (hbk. : acidfree paper); 9780816683840 (pbk. : acidfree paper).Subject(s): American prose literature -- Iranian American authors -- History and criticism | Iranian Americans -- Biography | Exiles' writings, Iranian | Autobiography | Autobiographical memory in literature | Nostalgia in literature | Human rights -- IranDDC classification: 818.603
Contents:
Introduction: righting the past -- Claiming Neda -- Human rights, humanitarianism, and empathic witnessing: prison memoirs -- Feeling nostalgic, feeling guilty: remembering Iran in documentary film -- Repetitions of the past: Marjane Satrapi and intergenerational memory -- Revolution, nostalgia, and memory in diasporic Iranian memoirs -- Conclusion: testimonial life narratives: anonymity and visibility.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
Introduction: righting the past -- Claiming Neda -- Human rights, humanitarianism, and empathic witnessing: prison memoirs -- Feeling nostalgic, feeling guilty: remembering Iran in documentary film -- Repetitions of the past: Marjane Satrapi and intergenerational memory -- Revolution, nostalgia, and memory in diasporic Iranian memoirs -- Conclusion: testimonial life narratives: anonymity and visibility.
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