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01715cam a2200337Ia 4500 001 491802FE6BF211DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20161116010312 008 041018s2004 nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780812971064 020 $a 081297106X 040 $a B9K $c B9K $d SILO $d NOG $d WIQ $d VYM $d VFY $d XY4 $d OCL $d MUQ $d CCS $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d YDX $d WRO $d UZ0 $d NSB $d MTG $d CN8ML $d JIU $d SILO 043 $a a-ir--- 100 1 $a Nafisi, Azar. 245 1 $a Reading Lolita in Tehran : $b a memoir in books / $c Azar Nafisi. 250 $a Trade pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Random House, $c c2004. 300 $a 356 p. ; $c 21cm. 505 0 $a Lolita -- Gatsby -- James -- Austen. 520 $a Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not only about literature, but also about the social, political, and cultural realities of living under strict Islamic rule. 600 10 $a Nafisi, Azar. 650 0 $a English teachers $z Iran $v Biography. 650 0 $a English literature $x Study and teaching $z Iran. 650 0 $a American literature $x Study and teaching $z Iran. 650 0 $a Women $x Books and reading $z Iran. 650 0 $a Group reading $z Iran. 941 $a 2 952 $l RMPB397 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l JLPF081 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=491802FE6BF211DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search