{"product_id":"iranian-diaspora-identities-9780761871705","title":"Iranian Diaspora Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIranian Diaspora Identities: Stories and Songs combines oral history, storytelling, theories of communication, and performance studies into a unique study of an immigrant community. This book is the result of collaborative work between two Iranian-American immigrants, one a musician and artist and the other a professor. Using ethnographic, dramatistic, and oral history approaches, Ziba Shirazi gathered these stories of diaspora journeys of Iranians living in California and Toronto in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The editors transcribed these stories and developed them into short performance pieces that include lyrics and songs and were performed in the United States and Canada to thousands of people in theater venues and libraries. These stories constitute a unique archive of the history of contemporary Iranian diaspora experiences. They are autobiographic vignettes that have helped constitute an artistic vision of Iranian exiles' own sense of community and their mi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting with a deceptively simple question, “When and why did you leave Iran?” Ziba Shirazi uncovered a trove of compelling, heartbreaking, loving, and funny stories that belie the western stereotypes of Iranian diaspora and their experience. This compelling work of Afary and Shirazi goes beyond the academic, esoteric, sanitized investigation of culture, migration, and global conflicts to examine the lived experiences of the sojourners’ struggles, triumphs and rebirths authentically by using the Persian cultural bedrock-medium of poetry and storytelling. This book brings intercultural communication, Diaspora Studies, immigration research and cultural studies theory alive providing scholars, students and instructors a wealth of material to consider, examine, discuss and explore. -- Nancy Grass, Santa Monica College\u003cbr\u003eA unique collection of engaging and moving migration stories of diverse groups of Iranians to the US after the Islamic revolution of 1979. Shirazi and Afary provide an informative introduction to the revolution and its subsequent social-political conditions that led many to leave the country. The authors offer an in-depth analysis of the themes of migration and the processes of acculturation and identity transformation that help the reader gain a better understanding of the experiences and challenges of Iranian diaspora in the US. An important work of aural history and unforgettable stories. -- Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, Columbia College Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Translations, Monologues, and Stories \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Revolution, War, and the Making of an Iranian Diaspora Literature .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonologues \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.My Rite of Passage and Unexpected Fate \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZiba Shirazi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.The Outsider \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFariba Boghraty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.The Pain of Language Barrier \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarrokh Boghraty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.Senior Life \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMassy Alavi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.Lost Identity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNasrin Almasi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.A Girl with an American Husband \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShahla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.Made in America, Delivered in Iran \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShahrzad Safinya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.Unfulfilled Dreams \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShervin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.A Simple Dream \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValentina Nazaretian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStories \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10A Dream of Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahvash Dareshi Gheytanchi Levi \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.Asal (Honey) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomayoun Houshiarnejad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.Living a Full Life \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13.A Space to Design \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManijeh Teymouri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.A Small Suitcase for a Great Escape \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModjgan Rashtian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.The Teacher \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSorour Nayeri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16.The First Kiss \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVida Ghahremani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.The Doorbell Ring \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZohreh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Place of a Conclusion. A Selective Analysis of the Themes of Iranian Diaspora \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamilton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037894836567,"sku":"9780761871705","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761871705.jpg?v=1750938066","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/iranian-diaspora-identities-9780761871705","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}