Women, Art, and Literature in the Iranian Diaspora

by Mehraneh Ebrahimi

Book Overview

Does the study of aesthetics have tangible effects in the real world? Does examining the work of diaspora writers and artists change our view of "the Other"? In this thoughtful book, Ebrahimi argues that an education in the humanities is as essential as one in politics and ethics, critically training the imagination toward greater empathy. Despite the surge in Iranian memoirs, their contributions to debunking an abstract idea of terror and their role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815636555
• ISBN13: 9780815636557
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"