Constructing identity in Iranian-American self-narrative. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maria D. Wagenknecht.
• Authors: Wagenknecht, Maria D, 1983-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 810.9/8915; American literature -- Iranian American authors -- History and criticism; Iranian Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism; Autobiography -- Iranian American authors; Iranian diaspora; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Middle Eastern; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General; American literature -- Iranian American authors; Iranian diaspora; Literature; Middle Eastern Literature; Middle Eastern Culture; Twentieth-Century Literature; Ethnicity Studies; North American Literature; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137473318; 1137473312
• Related ISBNs: 9781349502455; 1349502456
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.