{"product_id":"iranian-identity-american-experience-9781498575096","title":"Iranian Identity American Experience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIranian Identity, American Experience: Philosophical Reflections on Race, Rights, Capabilities and Oppression is a multidisciplinary study, exploring the meaning of oppression both politically and individually and how to address it. In current studies of oppression, there is a dichotomy of Black and white that leaves out other communities of color. Also, there is little philosophical analysis of theoretical framework to think about race from the perspective of an immigrant community in the United States that appears to be educated and affluent. This book fills this gap with a philosophical case study looking at the Iranian-American population. Roksana Alavi argues that the census classification of Iranian Americans in the United States is a double-edged sword. The United States census classifies people of Middle East identity as white, asking them to check that race box, but the experiences of individuals say otherwise. Alavi discusses a theory of oppression that not only addresses \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: My Life in the Triangle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: What Are You?: A Discussion on Race, Ethnicity, and (Iranian) Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Voluntary Oppression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Bridging the Gap Between Rights and Capabilities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Harms of Oppression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Responding to Oppression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040819183959,"sku":"9781498575096","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498575096.jpg?v=1750947949","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/iranian-identity-american-experience-9781498575096","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}