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02693aam a2200409 i 4500 001 FFFFE490E2DC11E284C630D7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130702010114 008 130107s2013 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012045587 020 $a 0786472723 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786472727 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)826121179 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d YUS $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ir--- $a a-ir--- 050 00 $a PS153.I73 $b G73 2013 082 00 $a 810.9/8915 $2 23 100 1 $a Grassian, Daniel, $d 1974- 245 10 $a Iranian and diasporic literature in the 21st century : $b a critical study / $c Daniel Grassian. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2013] 300 $a v, 274 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a American literature $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Persian literature $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a East and West in literature. 650 0 $a Exiles' writings, Iranian $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a Iran $x Foreign public opinion, American. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign public opinion, Iranian. 650 0 $a Blogs $x Political aspects $z Iran. 650 0 $a Iranian diaspora. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180110023035.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826071219.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FFFFE490E2DC11E284C630D7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search