Touba And The Meaning Of Night
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Touba And The Meaning Of Night
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Author : Shahrnush Parsipur
language : en
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Touba And The Meaning Of Night written by Shahrnush Parsipur and has been published by The Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Fiction categories.
An Iranian woman forges her own path through life in this “stylishly original contribution to modern feminist literature” (Publishers Weekly). After her father’s death, fourteen-year-old Touba takes her family’s financial security into her own hands by proposing to a fifty-two-year-old relative. But, intimidated by her outspoken nature, Touba’s husband soon divorces her. When she marries again, it is to a prince with whom she experiences tenderness and physical passion and bears four children—but their relationship sours when he proves unfaithful. Touba is granted a divorce, and as her unconventional life continues, she becomes the matriarch of an ever-changing household of family members and refugees . . . Hailed as “one of the unsurpassed masterpieces of modern Persian literature” (Iranian.com), Touba and the Meaning of Night explores the ongoing tensions between rationalism and mysticism, tradition and modernity, male dominance and female will—all from a distinctly Iranian viewpoint. Defying both Western stereotypes of Iranian women and expectations of literary form, this beautiful novel reflects the unique voice of its author as well as an important tradition in Persian women’s writing. “Parsipur’s novel carries the reader on a mystical and emotional odyssey spanning eight decades of Iranian cultural, political, and religious history . . . rewarding and enlightening.” —Booklist “A sweeping chronicle of modern Iranian history and a study of the plight of twentieth-century Iranian women . . . [displaying] deft utilization of magic realism and Persian myths . . . rich and well-crafted.” —Library Journal
Touba And The Meaning Of Night
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Author : Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Touba And The Meaning Of Night written by Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Women categories.
Now available in paperback: the epic masterpiece by Iran's most celebrated living author, Shahrnush Parsipur.
Women Without Men
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Author : Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1998
Women Without Men written by Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
A magic-realism novel on the lot of women in Iran whose heroines reject men and marriage. One woman turns herself into a tree in order to preserve her virginity, another is born anew after being killed by her brother for disobedience.
Kissing The Sword
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Author : Shahrnush Parsipur
language : en
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2013-05-21
Kissing The Sword written by Shahrnush Parsipur and has been published by The Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An internationally acclaimed writer's harrowing tale of imprisonment in Iran, and her gripping story of getting out.
On Shifting Ground
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Author : Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone
language : en
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2014-09-15
On Shifting Ground written by Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone and has been published by The Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Social Science categories.
“Thoughtful, highly relevant, and frequently brilliant essays on the contemporary ideas, organization, activities, and agency of Muslim women” (Nikki Keddie, author of Women in the Middle East: Past and Present). The world has drastically changed in recent years due to armed conflict, economic issues, and cultural revolutions both positive and negative. Nowhere have those changes been felt more than in the Middle East and Muslim worlds. And no one within those worlds has been more affected than women, who face new and vital questions. Has Arab Spring made life better for Muslim women? Has new media empowered feminists or is it simply a tool of the opposition? Will the newfound freedoms of Middle Eastern women grow or be taken away by yet more oppressive regimes? This “provocative volume” has been updated with a new introduction and two new essays, offering insider views on how Muslim women are navigating technology, social media, public space, the tension between secularism and fundamentalism, and the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship (Nikki Keddie, Professor Emerita of Middle Eastern and Iranian History, UCLA).
The Meaning Of Night
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Author : Michael Cox
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-05-10
The Meaning Of Night written by Michael Cox and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-10 with Fiction categories.
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 'A novel of fate and free will, forensic detection and blind love, crime and its justifications . . . finely tuned yet extravagantly complex' Evening Standard A cold October night, 1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, book lover, scholar and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. This seems the stuff of dreams, until a chance discovery convinces Glyver that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. And he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he now knows is rightfully his. Glyver's path leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most enchanting country houses. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onwards, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt. Thirty years in the writing, The Meaning of Night is a stunning achievement. Full of drama and passion, it is an enthralling novel that will captivate readers right up to its final thrilling revelation.
Transforming Japan
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Author : Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow
language : en
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2011-03-15
Transforming Japan written by Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow and has been published by The Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with Social Science categories.
A volume of essays by Japan’s leading female scholars and activists exploring their country’s recent progressive cultural shift. When the feminist movement finally arrived in Japan in the 1990s, no one could have foreseen the wide-ranging changes it would bring to the country. Nearly every aspect of contemporary life has been impacted, from marital status to workplace equality, education, politics, and sexuality. Now more than ever, the Japanese myth of a homogenous population living within traditional gender roles is being challenged. The LGBTQ population is coming out of the closet, ever-present minorities are mobilizing for change, single mothers are a growing population, and women are becoming political leaders. In Transforming Japan, Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow has gathered the most comprehensive collection of essays written by Japanese educators and researchers on the ways in which present-day Japan confronts issues of gender, sexuality, race, discrimination, power, and human rights.
Blue Logos
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Author : Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Blue Logos written by Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
""Blue Logos" is the second major work of prominent Iranian writer, Shahrnush Parsipur, to be published in an English translation. In this a magical tale, Parsipur engages the reader in Western and Eastern philosophy, art, literature, mythology, fairytales, and music, from China and Mongolia to the Middle East, and from India to Europe and the New World. With her narrator, we travel throughout history, from the past to the present and future, and aided by her imagination, we go to the depth of the earth and soar the heavens and beyond. Parsipur's narrator is akin to Scheherazade of "One Thousand and One Nights." "Blue Logos" is a tale of tales that is not merely intended to entertain, but also to entice. Within the first pages of this novel, readers familiar with recent Iranian history will soon identify the time and circumstances of the frame story as merely a few years after the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79 in Iran, in the late 1980s when, after having launched a military invasion of the southern part of Iran in 1981, Iraq started aerial bombings of the capital city of Tehran, which caused heavy destruction and casualties. It is also a time when the Islamic regime has imposed dress and other restrictions, especially on women. In that atmosphere, the anti-Western, in particular anti-American, propaganda by the Islamic regime also caused an unprecedented number of Iranians, mostly the educated and those affluent enough to be able to afford it, to flee the country and emigrate, mostly to Europe and the United States. Although the frame story has a simple plot, it is the stories within the frame that present us with rather complex and at times puzzling pictures. In the frame story, an unnamed woman visits a police captain on five different nights, discussing a variety of topics. The journeys in time and place occur within those nocturnal discussions, each beginning on a relatively realistic level and continuing more and more on surrealistic and even fantastical plains. In the course of each journey, readers find frequent allusions to Persian art, literature, philosophy, history, and mythology, as well as those of other cultures. In this respect, Blue Logos can be described as a compendium of allusions, the author's personal tribute to all cultures and creative minds"--
Conflict And Development In Iranian Film
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Author : Ali Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
language : en
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Release Date : 2013
Conflict And Development In Iranian Film written by Ali Asghar Seyed-Gohrab and has been published by Leiden University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Art categories.
Conflict and Development in Iranian film' tells the story of the history and development of Iranian cinema in the light of artistic and philosophical alliance within the Persian visual and poetic tradition. This volume collects eight essays that highlight different aspects of Iranian film and television series.
In Pursuit Of Paradise
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Author : Eva Evers Rosander
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Release Date : 2015-11-10
In Pursuit Of Paradise written by Eva Evers Rosander and has been published by Nordic Africa Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-10 with Political Science categories.
Muridism is a Sufi order which originated in Senegal, West Africa, at the end of the 19th century and is now in rapid expansion with the Senegalese emigrants around the world. Among the Murids the belief is strong that the founder Shaykh Amadou Bamba and his mother Mame Diarra Bousso can help them gain a better life on earth and entry into Paradise. The book gives an account of some Murid women the author has met in Senegal and on Tenerife. Their various paths of life are described with a focus on trade, religion and gender relations. In what ways do women's conditions of life differ from those of their own country? What do the women strive for? And how does Muridism influence their daily life in Senegal and in the diaspora? Eva Evers Rosander has been Associate Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, until 2014. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, and has done extensive anthropological fieldwork in Spain, Senegal and Morocco.