Memoir as Iranian Exile Cultural Production: A Case Study of Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" Series
In this essay, Iranian exile cultural production is examined via a cultural studies approach, applying Hamid Naficy's work on the concept of liminality and its productive potential to analyze the Iranian women's memoir phenomenon of the past eleven years. Focus is placed primarily upon Mar...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Iranian Studies. - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 1967. - 39(2006), 3, Seite 353-380 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2006
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Iranian Studies |
| Schlagworte: | History Law Social sciences Behavioral sciences Arts |
| Zusammenfassung: | In this essay, Iranian exile cultural production is examined via a cultural studies approach, applying Hamid Naficy's work on the concept of liminality and its productive potential to analyze the Iranian women's memoir phenomenon of the past eleven years. Focus is placed primarily upon Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel "Persepolis," which is analyzed as part of this larger memoir phenomenon. I will argue that "Persepolis" is a prime example of exile cultural production--as a site for experimentation within various genres (here, that of the memoir and graphic novel), and also for identity negotiation, self-reflection, and cultural translation--thanks to the liminality and hybridity of an artist and author who feels she is "in-between." |
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| ISSN: | 14754819 |