The Power of Iranian Narratives: A Thousand Years of Healing
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Power of Iranian Narratives: A Thousand Years of Healing
By (Author) Laleh Shahideh
University Press of America
University Press of America
10th February 2004
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
955
Physical Properties
Paperback
164
Width 153mm, Height 217mm, Spine 12mm
254g
Description
This book examines how, through the mediation of past history and current cultural and professional experience, selected Iranian professionals who came to the United States after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, created new identities and possibilities for the future.
Reviews
Shahideh's compelling account gives readers the freedom to move beyond one's own story, someone else's story, or simply a philosophical rendition of the power of narrative and imagination unto a narrative that opens a world in front of the text. * Sir Read Alot Book Review *
Shahideh's compelling account gives readers the freedom to move beyond one's own story, someone else's story, or simply a philosophical rendition of the power of narrative and imagination unto a narrative that opens a world in front of the text. * Sir Read Alot Book Review *
Author Bio
Laleh Shahideh is Director of Student Academic Services, College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Francisco.
