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Orientalism versus Occidentalism : literary and cultural imaging between France and Iran since the Islamic Revolution / Laetitia Nanquette.
Van Pelt Library PQ307.O75 N36 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nanquette, Laetitia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Iranian literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Iranian literature.
- Orientalism in literature.
- East and West.
- Civilization.
- Relations.
- France--Relations--Iran.
- France.
- Iran--Relations--France.
- Iran.
- Iran--In literature.
- France--In literature.
- France--Civilization--1945-.
- Iran--Civilization--20th century.
- International relations.
- Literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 252 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- New paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017.
- Summary:
- "At a time when Iran is represented in the French media as a rogue state obsessed with its nuclear program, and when France is portrayed in the Iranian media as a decadent and imperialist country, this book highlights the role of cultural representations and perceptions. Here, Laetitia Nanquette examines the functions, processes and mechanisms of stereotyping and imagining the "other" that have pervaded the literary traditions of France and Iran when writing about each other. She furthermore analyses Franco-Iranian relations, exploring the literary traditions of this relationship, the ways in which these have affected individual authors and reflect socio-political realities. With themes that feed into popular debates about the nature of Orientalism and Occidentalism, and how the two interact, this book will be vital for researchers of Middle Eastern literature and its relationship with writings from the West, as well as those working on the cultures of the Middle East."--The publisher's website.
- Contents:
- How can anybody be Persian? French texts on Iran
- Contesting Iran : Iranian texts written in French
- The little Satan : Iranian texts on France
- Forever in-between : the Persian literature of exile
- Overcoming othering : French and Persian hybrid texts.
- Notes:
- "First published in hardback in 2013 by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781784537050
- 1784537055
- OCLC:
- 1003075642
- Publisher Number:
- 99975942709
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