Iran Facing Others Identity Boundaries in a Historical Perspective

Name: Iran Facing Others Identity Boundaries in a Historical Perspective
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ISBN: 9780230102538

ISBN-10: 0230102530

ISBN-13: 9780230102538

Edition: 2012

Authors: Abbas Amanat, Farzin Vejdani

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This collection of essays is about Iranian identity in its various manifestations as it encountered the challenge of modernity. It problematizes the notion of an all-inclusive and universal "Iranian-ness" while considering the place of collective memory and sense of community. It consists of five parts organized along thematic lines. The first part, "The Legacy of Cultural Exclusion," deals with the medieval and early modern attempts to define notions ofIranand‘ajamand its supposed others--aniran, Turco-Mongols, and South Asians--through the Persian medieval epic, theShahnamah, Persian literary histories andtazkirahs. The second part, "The Internal Frontiers," deals with the question of…

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List price: $127.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 2/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: Iranian Identity Boundaries: A Historical Overview




The Legacy of Cultural Exclusion and Contested Memories



Iran and Aniran: The Shaping of a Legend




Redrawing the Boundaries of 'Ajam in Early Modern Persian Literary Histories




Iranian History in Transition: Recasting the Symbolic Identity of Babak Khorramdin




Empires and Encounters



Rebels and Renegades on Ottoman-Iranian Borderlands: Porous Frontiers and Hybrid Identities




Facing a Rude and Barbarous Neighbor: Iranian Perceptions of Russia and the Russians from the Safavids to the Qajars




Through the Persian Eye: Anglophilia and Anglophobia in Modern Iranian History




British Imperialism, Regionalism, and Nationalism in Iran, 1890-1919




Nationalism and the Appropriation of the Past



The Academic Debate on Iranian Identity: Nation and Empire Entangled




Iran and Iraq: Intersocietal Linkages and Secular Nationalisms




Self-Fashioning and Internal Othering



Identity among the Jews of Iran




The Confessions of Dolgoruki: The Crisis of Identity and the Creation of a Master Narrative




Iranian Nationalism and Zoroastrian Identity: Between Cyrus and Zoroaster



Contributors


Index