Familiar and Foreign : : Identity in Iranian Film and Literature / / edited by Veronica Thompson, Manijeh Mannani.

• TeilnehmendeR: Mannani, Manijeh,; Thompson, Veronica,
• Place / Publishing House: Edmonton : : Athabasca University Press,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 pages) :; illustrations

The current political climate of confrontation between Islamist regimes and Western governments has resulted in the proliferation of essentialist perceptions of Iran and Iranians in the West. Such perceptions do not reflect the complex evolution of Iranian identity that occurred in the years followi...