Losing our minds, coming to our senses : sensory readings in Persian literature and culture / edited by M. Mehdi Khorrami and Amir Moosavi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi, editor.

Moosavi, Amir, editor.

Series:

Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)

Iranian studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian literature--Aesthetics.

Persian literature.

Persian literature--History and criticism.

Folk literature, Persian--History and criticism.

Folk literature, Persian.

Mysticism--Islam--Iran.

Mysticism.

Sufism--Iran.

Sufism.

Senses and sensation in literature.

Senses and sensation--Religious aspects--Islam.

Senses and sensation.

Motion pictures and literature--Iran.

Motion pictures and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Sensory readings in Persian literature and culture

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press 2021.

Summary:

We experience art with our whole bodies, yet traditional approaches to Persian literature overemphasize the mind, the political, allegorical, or didactic and ignore the feelings that uniquely characterize aesthetics. <i>Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses</i> rediscovers the sensuality of Persian art across period, genre, and artist. Through readings of such well-known writers as Rumi and lesser-known artists as Hossein Abkenar, the authors demonstrate the significance of sensoria to the rich history of Persian letters.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

A Note on Translations and Transliterations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: Minds/Senses

Michael Beard

1. Transcending the Written Text: From Dava'i's Sensescapes to Sensorial Promiscuities in a Hafezian Banquet

M. Mehdi Khorrami

2. Beyond Senses: Rumi's Mystical Philosophy of Sense Perceptions

Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

3. Ta'ziyeh and Social Jouissance: 'Beyond the Pleasure' of Pain in Islamic Passion Play and Muharram Ceremonies

Sheida Dayani

4. Seeing Red, Hearing the Revolution: The Multi-Sensory Appeal of Shuresh

Neda Bolourchi

5. Radical Openness in Forugh Farrokhzad's The House is Black

Shabnam Piryaei

6. Feminine Sense Versus Common Sense in Two Persian Folktales from Iran: 'A Girl's Loyalty' and 'Seven Poplar Trees'

Yass Alizadeh

7. Sonic Triggers and Fiery Pools: The Senses at War in Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar's Scorpion

Amir Moosavi

8. The Sensorium of Exile: The Case of Elyas Alavi and Gloria Anzaldúa

Fatemeh Shams

9. Making Sense of the Senses: A Sensory Reading of Moniro Ravanipour's These Crazy Nights

M. R. Ghanoonparvar

Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).

ISBN:

90-8728-368-7

94-006-0414-9

OCLC:

1264651363