From The Shahs To Los Angeles

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From The Shahs To Los Angeles

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Author : Saba Soomekh
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-10-11

From The Shahs To Los Angeles written by Saba Soomekh and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-11 with Religion categories.

Gold Medalist, 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Religion category Saba Soomekh offers a fascinating portrait of three generations of women in an ethnically distinctive and little-known American Jewish community, Jews of Iranian origin living in Los Angeles. Most of Iran's Jewish community immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the government-sponsored discrimination that followed. Based on interviews with women raised during the constitutional monarchy of the earlier part of the twentieth century, those raised during the modernizing Pahlavi regime of mid-century, and those who have grown up in Los Angeles, the book presents an ethnographic portrait of what life was and is like for Iranian Jewish women. Featuring the voices of all generations, the book concentrates on religiosity and ritual observance, the relationship between men and women, and women's self-concept as Iranian Jewish women. Mother-daughter relationships, double standards for sons and daughters, marriage customs, the appeal of American forms of Jewish practices, social customs and pressures, and the alternate attraction to and critique of materialism and attention to outward appearance are discussed by the author and through the voices of her informants.

Between Religion And Culture

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Author : Saba Soomekh
language : en
Publisher: ProQuest
Release Date : 2008

Between Religion And Culture written by Saba Soomekh and has been published by ProQuest this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.

This dissertation presents an ethnographic portrait of what life was like for Iranian Jewish women living in Iran and now in America. From 2004 to 2006, I have conducted interviews with three generations of Iranian Jewish women-- grandmothers, mothers, and daughters--who currently reside in Los Angeles. The three major incidents that I will focus on in terms of their affect on Iran and, consequently, the Jewish community, are: the Constitutionalist Revolution in 1906 and the granting of the throne to Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925-1941); Muhammad Reza Shah Pahalavi taking the throne (1941-1979); and finally, the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and the immigration to Los Angeles. I explore these different generations to see how history, political change, social change, assimilation, financial mobility, and immigration have affected their religiosity, their concepts of womanhood, inter-generational relationships, and their identity. In particular, I look at the concept of sacrality throughout these three generations and see how it has changed. Although different generations of women have different interpretations of sacrality, one overarching theme is the emphasis placed on women's religious and social rituals and maintaining their najeebness (sexual modesty) -- all of which upholds the community's Jewish beliefs and distinguish them from other Iranians, Americans, and Jews. The emphasis on religious tradition and najeebness among Iranian Jewish women allows them to create meaning in their lives, establish authoritative figures within the community, and, most importantly, reinforce the collective morals and social norms held within the community.

From The Shahs To Los Angeles

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Author : Saba Soomekh
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2012-11-01

From The Shahs To Los Angeles written by Saba Soomekh and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Religion categories.

Saba Soomekh offers a fascinating portrait of three generations of women in an ethnically distinctive and little-known American Jewish community, Jews of Iranian origin living in Los Angeles. Most of Iran’s Jewish community immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the government-sponsored discrimination that followed. Based on interviews with women raised during the constitutional monarchy of the earlier part of the twentieth century, those raised during the modernizing Pahlavi regime of mid-century, and those who have grown up in Los Angeles, the book presents an ethnographic portrait of what life was and is like for Iranian Jewish women. Featuring the voices of all generations, the book concentrates on religiosity and ritual observance, the relationship between men and women, and women’s self-concept as Iranian Jewish women. Mother-daughter relationships, double standards for sons and daughters, marriage customs, the appeal of American forms of Jewish practices, social customs and pressures, and the alternate attraction to and critique of materialism and attention to outward appearance are discussed by the author and through the voices of her informants.

Multilingual La La Land

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Author : Claire Hitchins Chik
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-30

Multilingual La La Land written by Claire Hitchins Chik and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Home to immigrants from more than 140 countries speaking over 180 languages, Los Angeles is a microcosm of the world. While Los Angeles' ethnic enclaves have been the subject of study by researchers from a wide range of fields, these enclaves remain under-researched from a linguistic standpoint. Multilingual La La Land addresses the sociolinguistic landscape of the Greater Los Angeles (GLA) area, providing in-depth accounts of the sixteen most spoken languages other than English in the region. Each chapter introduces the history of the language in the L.A. region, uses census figures and residential densities to examine location-based and network-based speech communities, and discusses the patterns of usage that characterize the language, including motivations to maintain the language. How these patterns and trends bear on the vitality of each language is a central consideration of this book.

Eating At God S Table

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Author : Jody Myers
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2023-11-28

Eating At God S Table written by Jody Myers and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-28 with Religion categories.

The practice and meaning of kosher Orthodox foodways in sustaining a vibrant and diverse community.

Shah Of Shahs

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Author : Ryszard Kapuscinski
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2014-08-06

Shah Of Shahs written by Ryszard Kapuscinski and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-06 with History categories.

"Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant." —The New York Times Book Review In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into "a second America in a generation," only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution. Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.

Jews Across The Americas

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Author : Adriana M. Brodsky
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2023-09-26

Jews Across The Americas written by Adriana M. Brodsky and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-26 with History categories.

"Jews Across the Americas, a documentary reader with sources from Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States, each introduced by an expert in the field, teaches students to analyze historical sources and encourages them to think about who and what has been and is an American Jew"--

Irangeles

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Author : Jonathan Friedlander
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-12-22

Irangeles written by Jonathan Friedlander and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-22 with History categories.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

The Next Great Migration

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Author : Sonia Shah
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-06-11

The Next Great Migration written by Sonia Shah and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with Science categories.

'A dazzlingly original picture of our relentlessly mobile species' NAOMI KLEIN 'Fascinating . . . Likely to prove prophetic in the coming months and years' OBSERVER 'A dazzling tour through 300 years of scientific history' PROSPECT 'A hugely entertaining, life-affirming and hopeful hymn to the glorious adaptability of life on earth' SCOTSMAN __________________ We are surrounded by stories of people on the move. Wild species, too, are escaping warming seas and desiccated lands in a mass exodus. Politicians and the media present this upheaval of migration patterns as unprecedented, blaming it for the spread of disease and conflict, and spreading anxiety across the world as a result. But the science and history of migration in animals, plants, and humans tell a different story. Far from being a disruptive behaviour, migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change, a biological imperative as necessary as breathing. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea. Unhampered by borders, migration allowed our ancestors to people the planet, into the highest reaches of the Himalayan Mountains and the most remote islands of the Pacific, disseminating the biological, cultural and social diversity that ecosystems and societies depend upon. In other words, migration is not the crisis – it is the solution. __________________ Tracking the history of misinformation from the 18th century through to today's anti-immigration policies, The Next Great Migration makes the case for a future in which migration is not a source of fear, but of hope.

All The Shah S Men

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Author : Stephen Kinzer
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 2004-08-12

All The Shah S Men written by Stephen Kinzer and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-12 with History categories.

This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written by a noted New York Times journalist, this book is based on documents about the coup (including some lengthy internal CIA reports) that have now been declassified. Stephen Kinzer's compelling narrative is at once a vital piece of history, a cautionary tale, and a real-life espionage thriller.