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Analyses contemporary Iranian literature in both Iran and its diaspora, in relation to the social, economic and political fieldsHonourable Mention: Hamid Naficy Book Award of the Association of Iranian Studies 2022 Explores the literary relations between Iran and the world, including its large diaspora, with a global framework Based on 15 years of fieldwork and travels in Iran, with unique interviews, data collection and participant observation Offers innovative theorisation of post-revolutionary Iranian literature on the margins of the world literary system Watch a presentation by the author about the book (via UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture Youtube) In this critical analysis, Laetitia Nanquette explores how Iranian literature has functioned and circulated from the 1979 revolution to the present. She looks at prose productions in particular, analysing several genres and media. Taking Iran as a starting point, Nanquette explores the forms, structures and functions of Iranian literature within Iranian society. She then turns to the diaspora with a focus on North America, Western Europe and Australia and the world beyond Iranians to examine the current dynamics of literary production and circulation between Iranian diasporic spaces and the homeland. "

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This book highlights the role of cultural representations and perceptions, such as when Iran is represented in the French media as a rogue state obsessed with its nuclear programme, and when France is portrayed in the Iranian media as a decadent and imperialist country. Here, Laetitia Nanquette examines the functions, processes, and mechanisms of stereotyping and imagining the "other" that have pervaded the literary traditions of France and Iran when writing about each other. She furthermore analyzes Franco-Iranian relations by exploring the literary traditions of this relationship, the ways in which these have affected individual authors, and how they reflect socio-political realities. With themes that feed into popular debates about the nature of Orientalism and Occidentalism, and how the two interact, this book will be vital for researchers of Middle Eastern literature and its relationship with writings from the West, as well as those working on the cultures of the Middle East.

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