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Women write Iran nostalgia and human rights from the diaspora

Title
Women write Iran [electronic resource] : nostalgia and human rights from the diaspora / Nima Naghibi.
Author
Naghibi, Nima.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Women write Iran (Online)
Alternative Title
Women write Iran (Online)
Subject
  • American prose literature > Iranian American authors > History and criticism
  • Iranian Americans > Biography > History and criticism
  • Exiles' writings, Iranian > History and criticism
  • Autobiography > Iranian American authors > History and criticism
  • Autobiographical memory in literature
  • Nostalgia in literature
  • Human rights > Iran
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: righting the past -- Claiming Neda -- Human rights, humanitarianism, and empathic witnessing: prison memoirs -- Feeling nostalgic, feeling guilty: remembering Iran in documentary film -- Repetitions of the past: Marjane Satrapi and intergenerational memory -- Revolution, nostalgia, and memory in diasporic Iranian memoirs -- Conclusion: testimonial life narratives: anonymity and visibility.
LCCN
2015019413
OCLC
ssj0001623321
Author
Naghibi, Nima.
Title
Women write Iran [electronic resource] : nostalgia and human rights from the diaspora / Nima Naghibi.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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