TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grassian,Daniel
TI  - Iranian and Diasporic Literature in the 21st Century: A Critical Study 
SN  - 9780786472727 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - PS153.I73 G73 2013
U1  - 810.9/8915 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - American literature
KW  - Iranian American authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Persian literature
KW  - 21st century
KW  - East and West in literature
KW  - Exiles' writings, Iranian
KW  - Blogs
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Iran
KW  - Iranian diaspora
KW  - Foreign public opinion, American
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign public opinion, Iranian
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The personal and the political : Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis and Persepolis 2 -- Muslims and Jews in contemporary Iran : Dalia Sofer's The Septembers of Shiraz -- The Iranian-American exile and the exiled Iranian : Porochista Khakpour's Sons and other flammable objects -- Savior or villain? : the case of Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran -- Next generation Iranian-American memoir writers : Azadeh Moaveni and Firoozeh Dumas -- From inside the walls of Evin Prison : contemporary Iranian prison narratives -- Censorship in Iran : Shahriar Mandanipour's Censoring an Iranian love story -- Contemporary Iranian and Iranian diasporic poetry -- Alternative means of communication : Iranian blogs
N2  - "This book explores present-day writings of authors who explore oppositional forces, often finding a middle course between the often brutal and demonizing rhetoric from both sides. To combat how the West has falsely generalized and stereotyped Iran, and how Iran has falsely generalized and stereotyped the West, Iranian and diasporic writers deconstruct Western caricatures of the West"--Provided by publisher
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