Iranian Diaspora Literature of Women / / Leila Samadi Rendy.
This book examines the relationship between space, bilingualism, and writing, and female characters’ identity formation in the late literary productions of Iranian women in the Diaspora, such as ›To See and See Again‹ by Tara Bahrampour, ›Funny in Farsi‹ by Firoozeh Dumas, ›Lipstick Jihad‹...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies on Modern Orient ;
28 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Abstract -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Space And Gender -- Chapter Three: Bilingualism And Gender -- Chapter Four: Writing And Gender -- Chapter Five: Conclusion -- Appendix I: Selected Bibliography Of The Literary Works Of Iranian Women In The Diaspora -- Appendix II: Short Biographies Of The Authors -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Summary: | This book examines the relationship between space, bilingualism, and writing, and female characters’ identity formation in the late literary productions of Iranian women in the Diaspora, such as ›To See and See Again‹ by Tara Bahrampour, ›Funny in Farsi‹ by Firoozeh Dumas, ›Lipstick Jihad‹ by Azadeh Moaveni, and ›Saffron Sky‹ by Gelareh Asayesh, hereby using post-colonial and postmodern theories of bilingualism, space, autobiography and gender. Some years before and after the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, a huge number of Iranians migrated to western countries due to social and political problems. There is a significant body of literary and autobiographical works by Iranian writers in the Diaspora during the last 50 years. In the last two decades, more literary and autobiographical works have been concerned with the private aspect of the lives of the characters in the Diaspora and the (trans)formation of their identity and the linguistic and cultural hybridity. This hybridity and the identity issues become more significant in the works of women writers, as they are doubly marginalised as immigrants in the host land and second sex within patriarchy. There have been only a few critical works on the recent literary and autobiographical works of Iranian female writers in the Diaspora. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783112209288 9783110696271 9783110696288 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704747 9783110704532 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783112209288 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Leila Samadi Rendy. |