Description
This book combines oral history, storytelling, and ethnographic research in communication and performance studies into a unique archive of the history of contemporary Iranian diaspora experiences. This book provides an artistic vision of the transformations that Iranian exiles experienced in family, gender, and spiritual beliefs.
Author: Ziba Shirazi, Kamran Afary
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Published: 06/11/2020
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780761871705
ISBN10: 0761871705
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Drama | Middle Eastern
- Literary Collections | Middle Eastern
Author: Ziba Shirazi, Kamran Afary
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Published: 06/11/2020
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780761871705
ISBN10: 0761871705
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Drama | Middle Eastern
- Literary Collections | Middle Eastern
About the Author
Ziba Shirazi is a poet, singer, songwriter and storyteller best known for her poignant songs and storytelling through poetry. Shirazi created the ongoing project of Story & Song, a lyrical storytelling series of performances, set to live music with video projections featuring stories of Iranian diaspora experiences. Kamran Afary is assistant professor of communication studies at California State University Los Angeles and a registered drama therapist (RDT). He is the author of Performance and Activism: Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992.