Titlebook: Constructing Identity in Iranian-American Self-Narrative; Maria D. Wagenknecht Book 2015 Maria D. Wagenknecht 2015 America.culture.fiction

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The Iranian-American Body In Betweenhis notion of an absolute and infinite substance declares mind and body to be, effectively, one: “Substance has potentially infinite attributes to express its nature. (…) Extension and thought—body and mind—are two such attributes. (…) There is no question of interaction, for they are like two sides

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Margherita Antona,Constantine Stephanidishis notion of an absolute and infinite substance declares mind and body to be, effectively, one: “Substance has potentially infinite attributes to express its nature. (…) Extension and thought—body and mind—are two such attributes. (…) There is no question of interaction, for they are like two sides

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Constructing Identity in Iranian-American Self-Narrative

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A Usable Past: Construction of Religion and Alternative Identificationstinct characteristic by their American surroundings. There is, however, often a disjuncture in what Islam means to Iranian Americans and what American audiences think Islam means to Iranian Americans. Therefore, Iranian Americans do not only, individually and as a diaspora, need to come to terms wit

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The Interplay of Language and Identity Construction to those factors that are often perceived as somewhat given or essential: the influence of language and the body on their identity constructions. However, inspired in a way by Judith Butler, who regards sex as a practice that (re-)produces the gender “identities” it governs (1993:1), I build on the

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Between Fiction and Fact: Telling the Iranian-American Selfat the reason for this lies in the Iranian culture, which traditionally puts much emphasis on protecting external appearances, on keeping the truth hidden from the public for fear of such knowledge being exploited. I will explore this division of private and public more in depth below to provide som

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Relative Identities: The Iranian-American Self in Its Relation to Othersiting autobiography in the “Western” sense. By “Western,” scholars are referring not only to the expectation that autobiography ought to be confessional, revealing private details hitherto hidden from the public, but also to autobiography’s reputation as an account focusing on single individual’s li