{"product_id":"the-pearl-of-dari-poetry-and-personhood-among-young-afghans-in-iran-paperback-softback-9780253017604","title":"The Pearl of Dari; Poetry and Personhood Among Young Afghans in Iran (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253017604","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Pearl of Dari\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoetry and Personhood Among Young Afghans in Iran\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eZuzanna Olszewska (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253017604\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well beyond its focus on a community of Persian-speaking Afghan intellectuals living in exile in Mashhad, Iran, over the past three decades, The Pearl of Dari offers the reader the precious pearl of a genuine reading and learning experience. Zuzanna Olszewska combines solid scholarship with uplifting sensitivity to create a lively narrative replete with joyful discoveries of genuine personhood, agency, and humanity in the midst of multiple marginalities, an account of growing up amid layer upon layer of tension, bravely defying overwhelming odds.\"—Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Maryland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Zuzanna Olszewska's virtuoso study explores how young progressive Afghan intellectuals use the writing and performance of poetry as a prestigious discourse, to sustain community and claim dignity in exile. Her work makes an essential new contribution in Persian literary studies, ethnolinguistics, and refugee cultural studies worldwide.\"—Margaret A. Mills, \u003ci\u003eProfessor Emerita of Persian and Folklore, Ohio State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pearl of Dari\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into the heart of Afghan refugee life in the Islamic Republic of Iran through a rich ethnographic portrait of the circle of poets and intellectuals who make up the \"Pearl of Dari\" cultural organization. Dari is the name by which the Persian language is known in Afghanistan. Afghan immigrants in Iran, refugees from the Soviet war in Afghanistan, are marginalized and restricted to menial jobs and lower-income neighborhoods. Ambitious and creative refugee youth have taken to writing poetry to tell their story as a group and to improve their prospects for a better life. At the same time, they are altering the ancient tradition of Persian love poetry by promoting greater individualism in realms such as gender and marriage. Zuzanna Olszewska offers compelling insights into the social life of poetry in an urban, Middle Eastern setting largely unknown in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e A Note on the Translations, Transliteration, and Dates\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Border Crossings and Fractured Selves: A History of the Afghan Presence in Iran\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Melancholy Modern: The Rise of a Refugee Intelligentsia\u003cbr\u003e 3. Afghan Literary Organizations in Post-revolutionary Iran\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Social Lives of Poets and Poetry\u003cbr\u003e 5. Modern Love: Poetry, Companionate Marriage and Recrafting the Self\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eWhen Your \u003ci\u003eDarun \u003c\/i\u003eSpeaks to You\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e: Ethics of Revelation and Concealment in Lyric Poetry\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685662028056,"sku":"9780253017604","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-pearl-of-dari-poetry-and-personhood-among-young-afghans-in-iran-paperback-softback-9780253017604","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}