{"product_id":"in-a-persian-mirror-images-of-the-west-and-westerners-in-iranian-fiction-paperback-softback-9780292727618","title":"In a Persian Mirror; Images of the West and Westerners in Iranian Fiction (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292727618","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn a Persian Mirror\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImages of the West and Westerners in Iranian Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eM. R. Ghanoonparvar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292727618\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e191 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extreme anti-Western actions and attitudes of Iranians in the 1980s astonished and dismayed the West, which has characterized the Iranian positions as irrational and inexplicable. In this groundbreaking study of images of the West in Iranian literature, however, M. R. Ghanoonparvar reveals that these attitudes did not develop suddenly or inexplicably but rather evolved over more than two centuries of Persian-Western contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable among the authors whose works Ghanoonparvar discusses are Sadeq Hedayat, M. A. Jamalzadeh, Hushang Golshiri, Gholamhoseyn Sa'edi, Simin Daneshvar, Moniru Ravanipur, Sadeq Chubak, and Jalal Al-e Ahmad. This survey significantly illuminates the sources of Iranian attitudes toward the West and offers many surprising discoveries for Western readers, not least of which is the fact that Iranians have often found Westerners to be as enigmatic and incomprehensible as we have believed them to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Understanding the Unknown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: The West in Contrast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: The Xenophobic Impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Split Images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Post-Revolutionary Reflections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Conclusion: On the Mirror and the Image Makers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530864390424,"sku":"9780292727618","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-a-persian-mirror-images-of-the-west-and-westerners-in-iranian-fiction-paperback-softback-9780292727618","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}