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Informationen zum Autor Daniel Grassian lives in California. Klappentext The most populous Islamic country in the Middle East, Iran is rife with contradictions, in many ways caught between the culture and governments of the Western-more dominant and arguably imperalist-world and the ideology of conservative fundamentalist Islam. This book explores the present-day writings of authors who explore these oppositional forces, often finding a middle course between the often brutal and demonizing rhetoric from both sides. To combat how the West has falsely generalized and stereotyped Iran, and how Iran has falsely generalized and stereotyped the West, Iranian and diasporic writers deconstruct Western caricatures of Iran and Iranian caricatures of the West. In so doing, they provide especially valuable insights into life in Iran today and into life in the West for diasporic Iranians. Zusammenfassung The most populous Islamic country in the Middle East! Iran is rife with contradictions! in many ways caught between the culture and governments of the Western--to some! the imperialist or colonizing--world and the ideology of conservative fundamentalist Islam. This book explores the present-day writings of authors who explore these oppositional forces! often finding a middle course between the often brutal and demonizing rhetoric from both sides. To combat how the West has falsely generalized and stereotyped Iran! and how Iran has falsely generalized and stereotyped the West! Iranian and diasporic writers deconstruct Western caricatures of Iran and Iranian caricatures of the West. In so doing! they provide especially valuable insights into life in Iran today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsIntroduction1.¿The Personal and the Political: Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis deleteand Persepolis 22.¿Muslims and Jews in Contemporary Iran: Dalia Sofer's deleteThe Septembers of Shiraz3.¿The Iranian-American Exile and the Exiled Iranian: deletePorochista Khakpour's Sons and Other Flammable Objects4.¿Savior or Villain? The Case of Azar Näsi's Reading Lolita deletein Tehran5.¿Next Generation Iranian-American Memoir Writers: deleteAzadeh Moaveni and Firoozeh Dumas6.¿From Inside the Walls of Evin Prison: Contemporary Iranian deletePrison Narratives7.¿Censorship in Iran: Shahriar Mandanipour's Censoring deleteIranian Love Story8.¿Contemporary Iranian and Iranian Diasporic Poetry9.¿Alternative Means of Communication: Iranian BlogsConclusionChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex...
