My Shadow Is My Skin : : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / / ed. by Leila Emery, Katherine Whitney.
The Iranian revolution of 1979 launched a vast, global diaspora, with many Iranians establishing new lives in the United States. In the four decades since, the diaspora has expanded to include not only those who emigrated immediately after the revolution but also their American-born children, more r...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
---|---|
MitwirkendeR: | |
HerausgeberIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9781477320358 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)587768 (OCoLC)1266229464 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / ed. by Leila Emery, Katherine Whitney. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2020 1 online resource (276 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Light/Shadow -- The Summer I Disappeared -- Sacrifices -- Shadow Nation -- Two Minutes to Midnight -- When We Were Lions -- Fortune-Tellers -- Silkscreen -- Hookah, Once upon a Time -- Think of the Trees -- Pushing the Boundaries -- Uninvited Guest -- Coding/Decoding -- The Name on My Coffee Cup -- Negotiating Memories -- In Praise of Big Noses -- Transmutations of/by Language -- Gilad, My Enemy -- Two Countries, One Divided Self -- Mothering across the Cultural Divide -- My Mom Killed Michael Jackson -- Am I an Immigrant? -- 1,916 Days -- Culture beyond Language -- Memory/Longing -- Forget Me Not -- Errand -- The Color of the Bricks -- Renounce and Abjure All Allegiance -- Learning Farsi -- Delam Tang Shodeh -- Walking with Zahra -- Halva -- Her Orange-Blossom Tea -- The Iranians of Mercer Island -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Iranian revolution of 1979 launched a vast, global diaspora, with many Iranians establishing new lives in the United States. In the four decades since, the diaspora has expanded to include not only those who emigrated immediately after the revolution but also their American-born children, more recent immigrants, and people who married into Iranian families, all of whom carry their own stories of trauma, triumph, adversity, and belonging that reflect varied and nuanced perspectives on what it means to be Iranian or Iranian American. The essays in My Shadow Is My Skin are these stories. This collection brings together thirty-two authors, both established and emerging, whose writing captures the diversity of Iranian diasporic experiences. Reflecting on the Iranian American experience over the past forty years and shedding new light on themes of identity, duality, and alienation in twenty-first-century America, the authors present personal narratives of immigration, sexuality, marginalization, marriage, and religion that offer an antidote to the news media’s often superficial portrayals of Iran and the people who have a connection to it. My Shadow Is My Skin illuminates a community that rarely gets to tell its own story. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Iranian Americans Ethnic identity. Iranian Americans Social conditions. Iranian diaspora. Iranians Foreign countries. Iranians United States. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General. bisacsh Abdoh, Salar, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Afrasiabi, Dena, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Atai, Maryam, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Atefat-Peckham, Darius, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Attaran, Nazanine, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Chaffa, Mandana, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Copeland, Cyrus M., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Darznik, Jasmin, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Day, Shireen, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Elahi, Babak, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Emery, Leila, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Emery, Leila, editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Etaat, Shideh, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Fallahazad, Omid, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Farzaneh, Leyla, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Fatemi, Farnaz, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Ferrazares, Roia, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Karim, Persis, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Louwers, Renata Khoshroo, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Malek, Amy, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Missaghi, Poupeh, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Namy, Raha, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Okasi, Mehdi Tavana, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Rafinejad, Daniel, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Rahmim, Sacrifices Iraj Isaac, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Rajabzadeh, Shokoofeh, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Razavi, Layla Maryam, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Rod, Dena, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Sedarat, Roger, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Varzi, Roxanne, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Vossoughi, Siamak, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Whitney, Katherine, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Whitney, Katherine, editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110745283 https://doi.org/10.7560/320273 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477320358 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781477320358/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author2 |
Abdoh, Salar, Abdoh, Salar, Afrasiabi, Dena, Afrasiabi, Dena, Atai, Maryam, Atai, Maryam, Atefat-Peckham, Darius, Atefat-Peckham, Darius, Attaran, Nazanine, Attaran, Nazanine, Chaffa, Mandana, Chaffa, Mandana, Copeland, Cyrus M., Copeland, Cyrus M., Darznik, Jasmin, Darznik, Jasmin, Day, Shireen, Day, Shireen, Elahi, Babak, Elahi, Babak, Emery, Leila, Emery, Leila, Emery, Leila, Emery, Leila, Etaat, Shideh, Etaat, Shideh, Fallahazad, Omid, Fallahazad, Omid, Farzaneh, Leyla, Farzaneh, Leyla, Fatemi, Farnaz, Fatemi, Farnaz, Ferrazares, Roia, Ferrazares, Roia, Karim, Persis, Karim, Persis, Louwers, Renata Khoshroo, Louwers, Renata Khoshroo, Malek, Amy, Malek, Amy, Missaghi, Poupeh, Missaghi, Poupeh, Namy, Raha, Namy, Raha, Okasi, Mehdi Tavana, Okasi, Mehdi Tavana, Rafinejad, Daniel, Rafinejad, Daniel, Rahmim, Sacrifices Iraj Isaac, Rahmim, Sacrifices Iraj Isaac, Rajabzadeh, Shokoofeh, Rajabzadeh, Shokoofeh, Razavi, Layla Maryam, Razavi, Layla Maryam, Rod, Dena, Rod, Dena, Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, Sedarat, Roger, Sedarat, Roger, Varzi, Roxanne, Varzi, Roxanne, Vossoughi, Siamak, Vossoughi, Siamak, Whitney, Katherine, Whitney, Katherine, Whitney, Katherine, Whitney, Katherine, |
author_facet |
Abdoh, Salar, Abdoh, Salar, Afrasiabi, Dena, Afrasiabi, Dena, Atai, Maryam, Atai, Maryam, Atefat-Peckham, Darius, Atefat-Peckham, Darius, Attaran, Nazanine, Attaran, Nazanine, Chaffa, Mandana, Chaffa, Mandana, Copeland, Cyrus M., Copeland, Cyrus M., Darznik, Jasmin, Darznik, Jasmin, Day, Shireen, Day, Shireen, Elahi, Babak, Elahi, Babak, Emery, Leila, Emery, Leila, Emery, Leila, Emery, Leila, Etaat, Shideh, Etaat, Shideh, Fallahazad, Omid, Fallahazad, Omid, Farzaneh, Leyla, Farzaneh, Leyla, Fatemi, Farnaz, Fatemi, Farnaz, Ferrazares, Roia, Ferrazares, Roia, Karim, Persis, Karim, Persis, Louwers, Renata Khoshroo, Louwers, Renata Khoshroo, Malek, Amy, Malek, Amy, Missaghi, Poupeh, Missaghi, Poupeh, Namy, Raha, Namy, Raha, Okasi, Mehdi Tavana, Okasi, Mehdi Tavana, Rafinejad, Daniel, Rafinejad, Daniel, Rahmim, Sacrifices Iraj Isaac, Rahmim, Sacrifices Iraj Isaac, Rajabzadeh, Shokoofeh, Rajabzadeh, Shokoofeh, Razavi, Layla Maryam, Razavi, Layla Maryam, Rod, Dena, Rod, Dena, Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, Sedarat, Roger, Sedarat, Roger, Varzi, Roxanne, Varzi, Roxanne, Vossoughi, Siamak, Vossoughi, Siamak, Whitney, Katherine, Whitney, Katherine, Whitney, Katherine, Whitney, Katherine, |
author2_variant |
s a sa s a sa d a da d a da m a ma m a ma d a p dap d a p dap n a na n a na m c mc m c mc c m c cm cmc c m c cm cmc j d jd j d jd s d sd s d sd b e be b e be l e le l e le l e le l e le s e se s e se o f of o f of l f lf l f lf f f ff f f ff r f rf r f rf p k pk p k pk r k l rk rkl r k l rk rkl a m am a m am p m pm p m pm r n rn r n rn m t o mt mto m t o mt mto d r dr d r dr s i i r sii siir s i i r sii siir s r sr s r sr l m r lm lmr l m r lm lmr d r dr d r dr s s ss s s ss r s rs r s rs r v rv r v rv s v sv s v sv k w kw k w kw k w kw k w kw |
author2_role |
MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR HerausgeberIn HerausgeberIn MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR HerausgeberIn HerausgeberIn |
author_sort |
Abdoh, Salar, |
title |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / |
spellingShingle |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Light/Shadow -- The Summer I Disappeared -- Sacrifices -- Shadow Nation -- Two Minutes to Midnight -- When We Were Lions -- Fortune-Tellers -- Silkscreen -- Hookah, Once upon a Time -- Think of the Trees -- Pushing the Boundaries -- Uninvited Guest -- Coding/Decoding -- The Name on My Coffee Cup -- Negotiating Memories -- In Praise of Big Noses -- Transmutations of/by Language -- Gilad, My Enemy -- Two Countries, One Divided Self -- Mothering across the Cultural Divide -- My Mom Killed Michael Jackson -- Am I an Immigrant? -- 1,916 Days -- Culture beyond Language -- Memory/Longing -- Forget Me Not -- Errand -- The Color of the Bricks -- Renounce and Abjure All Allegiance -- Learning Farsi -- Delam Tang Shodeh -- Walking with Zahra -- Halva -- Her Orange-Blossom Tea -- The Iranians of Mercer Island -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors |
title_sub |
Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / |
title_full |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / ed. by Leila Emery, Katherine Whitney. |
title_fullStr |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / ed. by Leila Emery, Katherine Whitney. |
title_full_unstemmed |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / ed. by Leila Emery, Katherine Whitney. |
title_auth |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Light/Shadow -- The Summer I Disappeared -- Sacrifices -- Shadow Nation -- Two Minutes to Midnight -- When We Were Lions -- Fortune-Tellers -- Silkscreen -- Hookah, Once upon a Time -- Think of the Trees -- Pushing the Boundaries -- Uninvited Guest -- Coding/Decoding -- The Name on My Coffee Cup -- Negotiating Memories -- In Praise of Big Noses -- Transmutations of/by Language -- Gilad, My Enemy -- Two Countries, One Divided Self -- Mothering across the Cultural Divide -- My Mom Killed Michael Jackson -- Am I an Immigrant? -- 1,916 Days -- Culture beyond Language -- Memory/Longing -- Forget Me Not -- Errand -- The Color of the Bricks -- Renounce and Abjure All Allegiance -- Learning Farsi -- Delam Tang Shodeh -- Walking with Zahra -- Halva -- Her Orange-Blossom Tea -- The Iranians of Mercer Island -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors |
title_new |
My Shadow Is My Skin : |
title_sort |
my shadow is my skin : voices from the iranian diaspora / |
publisher |
University of Texas Press, |
publishDate |
2021 |
physical |
1 online resource (276 p.) |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Light/Shadow -- The Summer I Disappeared -- Sacrifices -- Shadow Nation -- Two Minutes to Midnight -- When We Were Lions -- Fortune-Tellers -- Silkscreen -- Hookah, Once upon a Time -- Think of the Trees -- Pushing the Boundaries -- Uninvited Guest -- Coding/Decoding -- The Name on My Coffee Cup -- Negotiating Memories -- In Praise of Big Noses -- Transmutations of/by Language -- Gilad, My Enemy -- Two Countries, One Divided Self -- Mothering across the Cultural Divide -- My Mom Killed Michael Jackson -- Am I an Immigrant? -- 1,916 Days -- Culture beyond Language -- Memory/Longing -- Forget Me Not -- Errand -- The Color of the Bricks -- Renounce and Abjure All Allegiance -- Learning Farsi -- Delam Tang Shodeh -- Walking with Zahra -- Halva -- Her Orange-Blossom Tea -- The Iranians of Mercer Island -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors |
isbn |
9781477320358 9783110745283 |
callnumber-first |
E - United States History |
callnumber-subject |
E - United States History |
callnumber-label |
E184 |
callnumber-sort |
E 3184 I5 M9 42020 |
geographic_facet |
Foreign countries. United States. |
url |
https://doi.org/10.7560/320273 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477320358 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781477320358/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
300 - Social sciences |
dewey-tens |
300 - Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
dewey-ones |
305 - Social groups |
dewey-full |
305.891/55073 |
dewey-sort |
3305.891 555073 |
dewey-raw |
305.891/55073 |
dewey-search |
305.891/55073 |
doi_str_mv |
10.7560/320273 |
oclc_num |
1266229464 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT abdohsalar myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT afrasiabidena myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT ataimaryam myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT atefatpeckhamdarius myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT attarannazanine myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT chaffamandana myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT copelandcyrusm myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT darznikjasmin myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT dayshireen myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT elahibabak myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT emeryleila myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT etaatshideh myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT fallahazadomid myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT farzanehleyla myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT fatemifarnaz myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT ferrazaresroia myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT karimpersis myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT louwersrenatakhoshroo myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT malekamy myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT missaghipoupeh myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT namyraha myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT okasimehditavana myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT rafinejaddaniel myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT rahmimsacrificesirajisaac myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT rajabzadehshokoofeh myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT razavilaylamaryam myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT roddena myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT sayrafiezadehsaid myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT sedaratroger myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT varziroxanne myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT vossoughisiamak myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora AT whitneykatherine myshadowismyskinvoicesfromtheiraniandiaspora |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)587768 (OCoLC)1266229464 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
is_hierarchy_title |
My Shadow Is My Skin : Voices from the Iranian Diaspora / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
author2_original_writing_str_mv |
noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField |
_version_ |
1770176982825304064 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>07933nam a22010935i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9781477320358</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20230127011820.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">230127t20212020txu fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781477320358</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.7560/320273</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)587768</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1266229464</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">txu</subfield><subfield code="c">US-TX</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">E184.I5</subfield><subfield code="b">M9 2020</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LCO000000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">305.891/55073</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">My Shadow Is My Skin :</subfield><subfield code="b">Voices from the Iranian Diaspora /</subfield><subfield code="c">ed. by Leila Emery, Katherine Whitney.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Austin : </subfield><subfield code="b">University of Texas Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2021]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2020</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (276 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Foreword -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Light/Shadow -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Summer I Disappeared -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Sacrifices -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Shadow Nation -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Two Minutes to Midnight -- </subfield><subfield code="t">When We Were Lions -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Fortune-Tellers -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Silkscreen -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Hookah, Once upon a Time -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Think of the Trees -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Pushing the Boundaries -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Uninvited Guest -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Coding/Decoding -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Name on My Coffee Cup -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Negotiating Memories -- </subfield><subfield code="t">In Praise of Big Noses -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Transmutations of/by Language -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Gilad, My Enemy -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Two Countries, One Divided Self -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Mothering across the Cultural Divide -- </subfield><subfield code="t">My Mom Killed Michael Jackson -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Am I an Immigrant? -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1,916 Days -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Culture beyond Language -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Memory/Longing -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Forget Me Not -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Errand -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Color of the Bricks -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Renounce and Abjure All Allegiance -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Learning Farsi -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Delam Tang Shodeh -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Walking with Zahra -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Halva -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Her Orange-Blossom Tea -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Iranians of Mercer Island -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contributors</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">The Iranian revolution of 1979 launched a vast, global diaspora, with many Iranians establishing new lives in the United States. In the four decades since, the diaspora has expanded to include not only those who emigrated immediately after the revolution but also their American-born children, more recent immigrants, and people who married into Iranian families, all of whom carry their own stories of trauma, triumph, adversity, and belonging that reflect varied and nuanced perspectives on what it means to be Iranian or Iranian American. The essays in My Shadow Is My Skin are these stories. This collection brings together thirty-two authors, both established and emerging, whose writing captures the diversity of Iranian diasporic experiences. Reflecting on the Iranian American experience over the past forty years and shedding new light on themes of identity, duality, and alienation in twenty-first-century America, the authors present personal narratives of immigration, sexuality, marginalization, marriage, and religion that offer an antidote to the news media’s often superficial portrayals of Iran and the people who have a connection to it. My Shadow Is My Skin illuminates a community that rarely gets to tell its own story.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Iranian Americans</subfield><subfield code="x">Ethnic identity.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Iranian Americans</subfield><subfield code="x">Social conditions.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Iranian diaspora.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Iranians</subfield><subfield code="z">Foreign countries.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Iranians</subfield><subfield code="z">United States.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Abdoh, Salar, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Afrasiabi, Dena, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Atai, Maryam, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Atefat-Peckham, Darius, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Attaran, Nazanine, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Chaffa, Mandana, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Copeland, Cyrus M., </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Darznik, Jasmin, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Day, Shireen, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Elahi, Babak, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Emery, Leila, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Emery, Leila, </subfield><subfield code="e">editor.</subfield><subfield code="4">edt</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Etaat, Shideh, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Fallahazad, Omid, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Farzaneh, Leyla, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Fatemi, Farnaz, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Ferrazares, Roia, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Karim, Persis, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Louwers, Renata Khoshroo, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Malek, Amy, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Missaghi, Poupeh, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Namy, Raha, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Okasi, Mehdi Tavana, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Rafinejad, Daniel, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Rahmim, Sacrifices Iraj Isaac, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Rajabzadeh, Shokoofeh, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Razavi, Layla Maryam, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Rod, Dena, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Sedarat, Roger, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Varzi, Roxanne, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Vossoughi, Siamak, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Whitney, Katherine, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Whitney, Katherine, </subfield><subfield code="e">editor.</subfield><subfield code="4">edt</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2020</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110745283</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.7560/320273</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477320358</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781477320358/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-074528-3 University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2020</subfield><subfield code="b">2020</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_LT</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_LT</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |