Desert roots [electronic resource] : journey of an Iranian immigrant family / Mitra Karbassi Shavarini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shavarini, Mitra K., 1962-

Series:

The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iranian Americans--Biography.

Iranian Americans.

Iranian Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Immigrants--Family relationships--United States.

Immigrants.

Return migration--Iran.

Return migration.

Place attachment.

Iran--Biography.

Iran.

Karbassi family.

Shavarini, Mitra K., 1962---Family.

Shavarini, Mitra K.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Tex. : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Desert Roots is the true story of the author's parents who, after being self-imposed exiles from their native Iran for 33 years, decided to leave the United States and return to their homeland. In this family biography, Shavarini explores the issues that brought them to America-and eventually drew them back home again. The experiences of her family will help readers understand the struggles many Iranians-those living in Iran and abroad-have faced. Threaded throughout the story are universal themes that connect readers to the many characters within: a mother trying to raise her children in a ne

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Desert Roots; Introduction; Chapter 1: Ghorbat; Chapter 2: Eshgh; Chapter 3: Tasbih; Chapter 4: Shimr; Chapter 5: Vatan Parast; Chapter 6: Curse; Chapter 7: Soghra; Chapter 8: Brother; Chapter 9: Kambiz; Chapter 10: Doors; Chapter 11: Iran

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-59332-598-3

OCLC:

796999347