Iran and the West : cultural perceptions from the Sasanian Empire to the Islamic Republic /: cultural perceptions from the Sasanian Empire to the Islamic Republic. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David Bagot and Margaux Whiskin.
• Editors: Whiskin, Margaux Elizabeth; Bagot, David
• Contents: Front Cover; Author Biography; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Misremembering Thermopylae; The East-West Dichotomy; Methodology; Structure; SECTION 1 CLASSICAL REPRESENTATIONS; 1. Tacitus and the Great Kings; 2. Roman and Iranian Perceptions of the Other in Late Antiquity; Roman Perceptions of the Iranians; Iranian Perceptions of Romans; Conclusion; 3. Xerxes and Leonidas: Conversations Between Ancient Persia and Seventeenth-Century France in Fénelon's Dialogue of the Dead; Use of Classical Sources Dialogues of the DeadDecontextualisation; Educating a Future King; Educating a Future Man; Conclusion; SECTION 2 LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS; 4. Saadi's Perception of the West and German Translators' Perception of Iran in Saadi's Gulistan (The Rose Garden); Introduction; Paratexts and the Translator's Visibility; The Persian Poet Saadi's Perception of the West; German Translators' Perception of the Persians; Conclusion; 5. 'Parisian or Persian?': An Introduction on the French Roots of the First Iranian Social Novels; Introduction; French Connection; Reception of The Mysteries of Paris in Iran The Relationship Between The Mysteries of Paris and The Dreadful TehranThe Dreadful Tehran and its Discontents; 6. 'Our White Hands, ' Iran and Germany's 1968; Nirumand's Critique; Completely Empty and Strangely White; Is Farah Happy?; 7. Entrapped in a Carved-Up Land: Revisiting Reading Lolita in Tehran; The Truth and the Whole Truth; The Carved-Up Space: Tehran Through the Window Frame; People without Backgrounds; The Politics of Resignation: An Avenue Towards Disappearance; Conclusion; 8. 'Death to Freedom, Death to Captivity': Beyond Shahriar Mandanipour's 'Islamic' Love Story 9. Homeland Dramatisations and Native Gaze Demolitions in Nahid Rachlin's Foreigner and Porochista Khakpour's Sons and Other Flammable ObjectsSECTION 3 IMAGINING THE OTHER: FACT AND FANTASY IN CULTURAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCES; 10. Tbilisi as a Bridge Between Iran and Europe, from the Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries; Russo-Persian Wars and Georgia; Economic Interactions; Europeans Visiting Tbilisi; Iranians in Tbilisi; 11. Generational Differences: American Medical Missionaries in Iran, 1834-1940; 12. A Narrative of Historical and Cultural Ties Between Iran and Romania IntroductionDocuments on the History of Cultural Relations between Iran and Romania; Conclusion; 13. The Great Satan and the Axis of Evil: The Politics of Demonisation in Iran and the United States; Introduction; Brief Historical Background of Iran-US Relations; Post-Structuralism, Discourse and Identity Construction; The Great Satan, Iranian Identity and Legitimisation of the Nuclear Programme; The Axis of Evil, American Identity and Legitimisation of the 'War on Terror'; The Legitimisation of Direct Talks; Conclusion; SECTION 4 VISUAL AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 344 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 327.55073; International relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Iran -- Relations -- Europe; Europe -- Relations -- Iran; Europe; Iran; Iran; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781838608750; 1838608753
• Related ISBNs: 9781784538569; 1784538566
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 19, 2019).
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