(Ebook) Familiar and Foreign: Identity in Iranian Film and Literature by Veronica Thompson; Manijeh Mannani ISBN 9781927356869, 1927356865

(Ebook) Familiar and Foreign: Identity in Iranian Film and Literature by Veronica Thompson; Manijeh Mannani ISBN 9781927356869, 1927356865

Despite the Iranian government's determined pursuance of anti-Western policies and strict conformity to religious principles, the film and literature of Iran reflect the clash between a nostalgic pride in Persian tradition and an apparent infatuation with a more Eurocentric modernity. InFamiliar and Foreign, Mannani and Thompson set out to explore the tensions surrounding the ongoing formulation of Iranian identity by bringing together essays on poetry, novels, memoir, and films. These include both canonical and less widely theorized texts, as well as works of literature written in English by authors living in diaspora. Challenging neocolonialist stereotypes, these critical excursions into Iranian literature and film reveal the limitations of collective identity as it has been configured within and outside of Iran.