Persianate selves : memories of place and origin before nationalism / Mana Kia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kia, Mana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iranians--Ethnic identity--History--18th century.

Iranians.

Nationalism--Iran--History--18th century.

Nationalism.

History.

Iranians--Ethnic identity.

Iran--History--16th-18th centuries.

Iran.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 312 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Persianate Selves challenges accepted notions of what it meant to be Persian in the eighteenth century. Drawing on commemorative texts, this book reveals that to be Persian was not necessarily to be Iranian. Persians hailed from a variety of places across Central, South, and West Asia, and their sense of self was not tied to modern ideas of nationalism, religion, or race. Mana Kia explores the common education and cultural logic that connected Persians, before the concept of the nation, describing how place, origin, and memory created a sense of self unbounded by the limits of colonial modernity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Landscapes

Remembering, lamenting

Place making and proximity

Lineages and their places

Kinship without ethnicity

Naming and its affiliations

Commemorating Persianate collectives, selves.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kia, Mana, Persianate selves

ISBN:

9781503610682

1503610683

9781503611955

1503611957

OCLC:

1110448847