From Persia To Tehr Angeles

Author : Farzaneh Hemmasi
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781478012009

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Tehrangeles Dreaming by Farzaneh Hemmasi Pdf

Los Angeles, called Tehrangeles because it is home to the largest concentration of Iranians outside of Iran, is the birthplace of a distinctive form of postrevolutionary pop music. Created by professional musicians and media producers fleeing Iran's revolutionary-era ban on “immoral” popular music, Tehrangeles pop has been a part of daily life for Iranians at home and abroad for decades. In Tehrangeles Dreaming Farzaneh Hemmasi draws on ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles and musical and textual analysis to examine how the songs, music videos, and television made in Tehrangeles express modes of Iranianness not possible in Iran. Exploring Tehrangeles pop producers' complex commercial and political positioning and the histories, sensations, and fantasies their music makes available to global Iranian audiences, Hemmasi shows how unquestionably Iranian forms of Tehrangeles popular culture exemplify the manner in which culture, media, and diaspora combine to respond to the Iranian state and its political transformations. The transnational circulation of Tehrangeles culture, she contends, transgresses Iran's geographical, legal, and moral boundaries while allowing all Iranians the ability to imagine new forms of identity and belonging.

Author : Kamran Sharareh,KShar
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614485780

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From Persia to Tehr Angeles by Kamran Sharareh,KShar Pdf

An Iranian-American explains the history and heritage of his people, in both the old world and the new. From Persia to Tehr Angeles is a fascinating look at everything from Persia’s ancient past to the modern world of Persian-American immigrants in places like Los Angeles—offering a rich, rounded view a culture many are unfamiliar with. For those who are part of this history, their friends and families, or anyone interested in this corner of the world, it’s an enlightening look at traditions, food, religion, and other aspects of this complex society over many generations.

Author : Edward Granville Browne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Iran
ISBN : HARVARD:32044004437067

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A Year Amongst the Persians by Edward Granville Browne Pdf

Author : Ben Cuddon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721794549

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Tehrangeles by Ben Cuddon Pdf

As featured on KIRN 670AM Persian Radio Los Angeles. Iran, 1979. The US-backed monarchy is overthrown in the biggest popular revolution in human history. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians leave the country. And where do the largest number go? Los Angeles. Tehrangeles tells the story of this migration and the community that has evolved as a result: the real estate moguls, the popstars, the opulent elites of Beverly Hills, plus ordinary people trying to find a home and an identity in America. Told through the eyes of its hapless narrator Josh, an American student who has fallen in love with an Iranian girl at college, Tehrangeles is simultaneously a hilarious romantic comedy and an exploration of one of the most important immigrant communities in America. If you liked the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding or the reality series Shahs of Sunset, you'll be fascinated by Tehrangeles. All proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to support Climate Ed (www.climateed.net), a charity educating children about climate change.

Author : Porochista Khakpour
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780525564713

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Brown Album by Porochista Khakpour Pdf

From the much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, a beautifully rendered, poignant collection of personal essays, chronicling immigrant and Iranian-American life in our contemporary moment. Novelist Porochista Khakpour's family moved to Los Angeles after fleeing the Iranian Revolution, giving up their successes only to be greeted by an alienating culture. Growing up as an immigrant in America means that one has to make one's way through a confusing tangle of conflicting cultures and expectations. And Porochista is pulled between the glitzy culture of Tehrangeles, an enclave of wealthy Iranians and Persians in LA, her own family's modest life and culture, and becoming an assimilated American. Porochista rebels--she bleaches her hair and flees to the East Coast, where she finds her community: other people writing and thinking at the fringes. But, 9/11 happens and with horror, Porochista watches from her apartment window as the towers fall. Extremism and fear of the Middle East rises in the aftermath and then again with the election of Donald Trump. Porochista is forced to finally grapple with what it means to be Middle-Eastern and Iranian, an immigrant, and a refugee in our country today. Brown Album is a stirring collection of essays, at times humorous and at times profound, drawn from more than a decade of Porochista's work and with new material included. Altogether, it reveals the tolls that immigrant life in this country can take on a person and the joys that life can give.

Author : Rana Esfandiary
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000984644

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At the Threshold by Rana Esfandiary Pdf

This book examines the performance strategies used by contemporary Iranian artists and activists to reimagine “Iranian-ness” in the context of Iran’s local, regional, and global position. This study identifies the important social and political interventions made by theatrical and performance pieces, visual art, and electronic music that articulate and reformulate Iranian-ness by breaking away from fixed and constructed stereotypes projected on them by both the Islamic regime and Western power. This book explores the reception and context within which artworks become meaningful performative acts. Looking closely at the works of a notable female Iranian photographer, Shadi Ghadirian, in conjunction with the new generation of Iranian nonconformist artists/activists such as Tahmineh Monzavi and Hedieh Ahmadi; the visionary theatre productions of Ali Akbar Alizad; and radically untraditional sound/noise of the electronic music movement in Tehran, this book calls attention to the Iran-based artists who are tirelessly trying to raise awareness regarding the political violence imposed on Iranian identity at the legal (top-down) and everyday (bottom-up) levels. This volume will be of great interest to student and scholars in theatre and performance, photography, art, music, sociology, and politics.

Author : Hannah Darabi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791094060353

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Soleil of Persian Square by Hannah Darabi Pdf

Author : lady Mary Leonora Woulfe Sheil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Iran
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009667213

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Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia by lady Mary Leonora Woulfe Sheil Pdf

Author : Reed Ueda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1295 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440828652

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America's Changing Neighborhoods [3 volumes] by Reed Ueda Pdf

A unique panoramic survey of ethnic groups throughout the United States that explores the diverse communities in every region, state, and big city. Race, ethnicity, and immigrants' lives and identity: these are all key topics that Americans need to study in order to fully understand U.S. culture, society, politics, economics, and history. Learning about "place" through our own historical and contemporary neighborhoods is an ideal way to better grasp the important role of race and ethnicity in the United States. This reference work comprehensively covers both historical and contemporary ethnic and immigrant neighborhoods through A–Z entries that explore the places and people in every major U.S. region and neighborhood. America's Changing Neighborhoods: An Exploration of Diversity uniquely combines the history of ethnic groups with the history of communities, offering an interdisciplinary examination of the nation's makeup. It gives readers perspective and insight into ethnicity and race based on the geography of enclaves across the nation, in regions and in specific cities or localized areas within a city. Among the entries are nearly 200 "neighborhood biographies" that provide histories of local communities and their ethnic groups. Images, sidebars, cross-references at the end of each entry, and cross-indexing of entries serve readers conducting preliminary as well as in-depth research. The book's state-by-state entries also offer population data, and an appendix of ancestry statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau details ethnic and racial diversity.

Author : Inge Morath,Edouard Sablier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Iran
ISBN : UOM:39015005678555

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From Persia to Iran by Inge Morath,Edouard Sablier Pdf

Author : Joe F. Khalil,Gholam Khiabany,Tourya Guaaybess,Bilge Yesil
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119637080

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The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East by Joe F. Khalil,Gholam Khiabany,Tourya Guaaybess,Bilge Yesil Pdf

An invaluable resource for those seeking to understand the past, present and future of media and cultural resources in the Middle East. The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is designed to help readers navigate the important questions of the region and better understand the global cultural and media transformations that shape the debates and challenges of the twenty-first century. Bringing together contributions by a trans-regional panel of established experts and new voices, this interdisciplinary volume offers a fresh perspective on the cultures of the Middle East and their media production, distribution, and consumption. Rather than viewing the Middle East as a monolithic culture operating within a limited media framework, the book examines the multi-local characteristics of knowledge production, media, and culture in the region. Particular emphasis is placed on the necessity for moving away from universalism in favor of theoretically- and historically-grounded integrated analysis. Throughout the text, the authors address the central questions of media and culture in the Middle East while contextualizing the region’s competing histories, geopolitical and socio-economic issues, and ongoing cultural and media debates. Describes the intellectual landscape of the field, including its historic emergence and evolution, key theoretical approaches and empirical research, and possible future directions Presents rich analyses anchored in contemporary research and broad historical and geopolitical contexts Focuses on the symbiotic and dynamic relationship between old and emerging media Offers case studies in cultural production and mainstream and alternative media. Discusses the role of empire and its consequences for communication, culture and politics Engages with culture as a dynamic site of struggle and contestation Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research series, The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is essential reading for academics and researchers in the field and an excellent textbook for students of global studies, media and communication, journalism, anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, and history.

Author : Béatrice André-Salvini
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Achaemenid dynasty
ISBN : 9780520247314

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Forgotten Empire by Béatrice André-Salvini Pdf

A richly-illustrated and important book that traces the rise and fall of one of the ancient world's largest and richest empires.

Author : Claire Hitchins Chik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429016882

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Multilingual La La Land by Claire Hitchins Chik Pdf

Home to immigrants from more than 140 countries speaking over 180 languages, Los Angeles is a microcosm of the world. While Los Angeles' ethnic enclaves have been the subject of study by researchers from a wide range of fields, these enclaves remain under-researched from a linguistic standpoint. Multilingual La La Land addresses the sociolinguistic landscape of the Greater Los Angeles (GLA) area, providing in-depth accounts of the sixteen most spoken languages other than English in the region. Each chapter introduces the history of the language in the L.A. region, uses census figures and residential densities to examine location-based and network-based speech communities, and discusses the patterns of usage that characterize the language, including motivations to maintain the language. How these patterns and trends bear on the vitality of each language is a central consideration of this book.

Author : Jonathan Friedlander,Anita Colby,Ron Kelley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520328341

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Irangeles by Jonathan Friedlander,Anita Colby,Ron Kelley Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

Author : Nasrin Rahimieh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317429357

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Iranian Culture by Nasrin Rahimieh Pdf

Throughout modern Iranian history, culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society. The Pahlavi monarchs used it to project an image of Iran as an ancient civilisation, re-emerging as an equal to Western nations, while the revolutionaries deployed it to remake the country into an Islamic nation. Just as Iranian culture has been continually re-interpreted, the representations and avocations of Iranian identity vary amongst Iranians across the world. Iranian Culture: Representation and Identity demonstrates these fissures and the incompatibilities that refuse to be written out of national culture, analysing works of literature, popular music, graphic art and film, as well as oral narratives. Using works produced before and after the 1979 revolution, created both inside and outside of Iran, this study reveals neglected complexities and contradictions in the field of Iranian cultural production. It considers how contested claims to culture, whether they originated in Iran or the Iranian diaspora, shape our understanding of this culture and what spaces they create for new articulations of it, and in doing so offers an important re-examination of our collective concept of culture. This book would be an excellent resource for students and scholars of Middle East Studies and Iranian Studies, specifically Iranian culture including film and contemporary literature and the Iranian diaspora.