Ghosts of Revolution Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran

Name: Ghosts of Revolution Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran
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ISBN: 9780804772013

ISBN-10: 0804772010

ISBN-13: 9780804772013

Edition: 2011

Authors: Shahla Talebi

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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 1/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Shahla Talebi was imprisoned in Iran from 1977 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1992, first by the former Shah and later by the Islamic Republic, for her political beliefs and activities. She now lives in the United States and is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University.



Prologue


Emerging from Prison


A Haunting Detour


For the Sake of the Friend



In the Footsteps of the Giants


The Lonely Shoulders


Restless Dogs and Drunken Ants


Coffins or Machines?


In Whose Voice?



Roya: The Threshold of Imagination and Phantasm


Begging to Remain a Human


Melancholic Evenings and Madness


A Party in the Clouds



Fozi: Losing It All


What Madness Now Keeps Me?


The Price of Learning the Sacred Word


Did He Cry?



Kobra: The Gaze of Death


Roudabeh: Deceiving Life for the Sake of Death


Living in the Face of Death


Kobra: A Shattered Image


Marjan: ï¿½The Fall from Existenceï¿½



Innocent Cruelty: Yousuf


The River, Nightmares, and Madness



Maryam: A God Who Cried


Art in Prison


Blowing Your Soul into Your Fingers


The Art of Living and Becoming in Prison


On the Ashes: Words That Replace Tears


The Art of Creating Laughter


Bahar's Birthday


Epilogue


1999


2010


Acknowledgments


Notes


Glossary