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008 140918s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aWagenknecht, Maria D.,$d1983-$eauthor.
245 10 $aConstructing identity in Iranian-American self-narrative /$cMaria D. Wagenknecht.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2015.
300 $a221 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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520 $a"Defined by the Iranian Revolution, forced migration and diaspora, Iranian-American autobiographies center in the experience of rupture and discontinuity. Taking autobiographical writing as performance of identity, this study identifies their narrative patterns and communicative functions in the interaction of author, diaspora and American market. Especially authors' disidentification with traditionalism and politicized Islam and their construction of a 'Persian' instead of Iranian identity speaks not only to the diaspora, but is also geared towards greater acceptance in American society. What is more, self-orientalization aims to satisfy the expectations of American readers. However, this seems to be the price that Iranian-American autobiographers need to pay if they want to work as cultural brokers on behalf of a country that has become largely demonized. Tracing these dynamics of individual and collective identity construction within one of the youngest minorities in the USA, this study offers insights that are not only of scholarly but also of political importance"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Defined by the experience of the Iranian Revolution and diaspora, Iranian-American autobiographies center in the multilayered experience of rupture and discontinuity. Taking autobiographical writing as performance of identity, this study identifies their narrative patterns and traces their communicative functions in the interaction of author, diaspora and book market"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: TROUBLED HERITAGE -- 1. Explaining Departure: Narratives of Victimicy -- 2. A Usable Past: Construction of Religion and Alternative Identifications -- PART II: LANGUAGE, BODY, AND THE IRANIAN-AMERICAN SELF -- 3. The Interplay of Language and Identity Construction -- 4. The Iranian-American Body In Between -- PART III: CULTURE INHERITED/IN FLUX -- 5. Between Fiction and Fact: Telling the Iranian-American Self -- 6. Relative Identities: The Iranian-American Self in Its Relation to Others -- 7. Imagining "Home:" Between Persian Paradise and American Arcadia -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xIranian American authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aIranian Americans$xBiography$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAutobiography$xIranian American authors.
650 0 $aIranian diaspora.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.$2bisacsh
852 00 $bglx$hPS153.I73$iW34 2015