Iranians in Texas : migration, politics, and ethnic identity /
<P>Thousands of Iranians fled their homeland when the 1978?1979 revolution ended the fifty-year reign of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Some fled to Europe and Canada, while others settled in the United States, where anti-Iranian sentiment flared as the hostage crisis unfolded. For those who chose Ameri...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The paradox of migration: neither happy in exile nor looking forward to returning home
- To be or not to be an Iranian: politics, media, and the paradox of national identity
- Double ambivalence and double detachment: the paradox of living in the United States
- To be an Iranian, American, or Iranian American: family, cultural resistance, and the paradox of ethnic identity among second-generation Iranian Americans
- Exile and the paradox of gender, marriage, and family.