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Book SynopsisWomen Write Iran is the first full-length study on life narratives by Iranian women in the diaspora. Nima Naghibi investigates auto/biographical narratives across genres—including memoirs, documentary films, prison testimonials, and graphic novels—and finds that they are tied together by the experience of the 1979 Iranian revolution.
Trade Review"Nima Naghibi’s familiarity and eloquence on the subject of Iranian women’s textual cultures is seen throughout Women Write Iran, opening up a clear discussion of human rights and humanitarianism."—Gillian Whitlock, University of Queensland
"Long awaited and truly welcomed, Women Write Iran offers an erudite analysis of some of the auto/biographical works produced by Iranian women in diaspora in post-revolutionary Iran. Nima Naghibi takes her reader on a journey into these works, showing their complexity not only in their own right, but in relation to their reception, demanding a more nuanced and historically situated approach from readers."—Shahla Talebi, Arizona State University
"A probing investigation of these life narratives that transcend generic boundaries to include memoirs, documentary films, prison testimonials, and graphic novels."—The Muslim World Book Review
"Naghibi’s book is a new starting point for the way scholars and readers could approach these texts from the angle of human connection and empathy."—Biography
"Women Write Iran is a meaningful contribution to multiple fields including women’s and gender studies, diaspora studies, Iranian studies, Trauma studies, and human rights studies. Naghibi approaches these subdisciplines in a way that mutually illuminates them."—Contemporary Women’s Studies
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction. Righting the Past
1. Claiming Neda
2. Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Empathic Witnessing: Prison Memoirs
3. Feeling Nostalgic, Feeling Guilty: Remembering Iran in Documentary Film
4. Repetitions of the Past: Marjane Satrapi and Intergenerational Memory
5. Revolution, Nostalgia, and Memory in Diasporic Iranian Memoirs
Conclusion. Testimonial Life Narratives
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
