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In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation.

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"A lively and rich text for anybody interested in youth culture, urban and popular cultures, cultural politics, Muslim cultures, and Middle East studies. Shahram Khosravi defies popular images of dull Iranian culture and introduces vibrant features of Tehran life and cultural negotiations. The book successfully engages and uniquely contributes to ongoing debates about Islam, modernity, culture, urban spaces, and resistance." * Anthropological Quarterly *

Table of Contents

Note on Transliteration and Dates
Preface
Introduction
1: Cultural Crimes
2: The Aesthetics of Authority
3: A Dissident Neighborhood
4: A Passage to Modernity: Golestan
5: The Third Generation
6: Culture of Defiance
Conclusion
Coda
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

Young and Defiant in Tehran

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 14 April 2009
      ISBN-13 9780812220681
      978-0812220681
      ISBN-10 0812220684
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      Anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation.

      Trade Review
      "A lively and rich text for anybody interested in youth culture, urban and popular cultures, cultural politics, Muslim cultures, and Middle East studies. Shahram Khosravi defies popular images of dull Iranian culture and introduces vibrant features of Tehran life and cultural negotiations. The book successfully engages and uniquely contributes to ongoing debates about Islam, modernity, culture, urban spaces, and resistance." * Anthropological Quarterly *

      Table of Contents

      Note on Transliteration and Dates
      Preface
      Introduction
      1: Cultural Crimes
      2: The Aesthetics of Authority
      3: A Dissident Neighborhood
      4: A Passage to Modernity: Golestan
      5: The Third Generation
      6: Culture of Defiance
      Conclusion
      Coda
      Notes
      Glossary
      Bibliography
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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