Orientalism versus Occidentalism : literary and cultural imaging between France and Iran since the Islamic Revolution /
"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 Nanquett...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2013
London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017 |
| Edition: | New paperback edition |
| Series: | International library of cultural studies ;
24 International library of cultural studies 24 |
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| 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."--From the publisher's website "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 |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC "First published in hardback in 2013 by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | ix, 252 p : ill. ; 23 cm ix, 252 p ; 23 cm ix, 252 p. ; 22 cm ix, 252 pages : illustration ; 22 cm ix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm ix, 252 pages ; 22 cm ix, 252 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-247) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-247) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-247) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1784537055 1848859783 (hardback) 1848859783 (hbk.) 1848859783 9781784537050 9781848859784 (hardback) 9781848859784 (hbk.) 9781848859784 |