My shadow is my skin : voices from the Iranian diaspora /
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 led to a wide diaspora, with many Iranians ending up in the United States. To mark the fortieth anniversary of the revolution, the editors have brought together over forty writers to reflect on the Iranian-American experience during this period through their personal n...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | The Iranian Revolution of 1979 led to a wide diaspora, with many Iranians ending up in the United States. To mark the fortieth anniversary of the revolution, the editors have brought together over forty writers to reflect on the Iranian-American experience during this period through their personal narratives. Some of these authors migrated to the United States as a result of the diaspora, some were born here to Iranian parents and a few are connected to Iran by marriage. This multi-generational assemblage includes established authors, such as Tara Bahrampour, Jasmin Darznik and Hooman Majd, as well as emerging writers whose voices shed fresh light on themes of identity, duality and living as the "other" in 21st-century America. Under the shadow of renewed tensions with Iran due to the current political climate, it's important to hear the voices of Iranians and Iranian-Americans and to understand their experiences. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 276 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781477320273 147732027X |