Daniel Grassian lives in California.

“Recommended”—Choice; “Grassian proposes that one of the best ways to combat the demonization of Iranians by Western powers is through the study of literature”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Personal and the Political: Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis deleteand Persepolis 22. Muslims and Jews in Contemporary Iran: Dalia Sofer’s deleteThe Septembers of Shiraz3. The Iranian-American Exile and the Exiled Iranian: deletePorochista Khakpour’s Sons and Other Flammable Objects4. Savior or Villain? The Case of Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita deletein Tehran5. Next Generation Iranian-American Memoir Writers: deleteAzadeh Moaveni and Firoozeh Dumas6. From Inside the Walls of Evin Prison: Contemporary Iranian deletePrison Narratives7. Censorship in Iran: Shahriar Mandanipour’s CensoringdeleteIranian Love Story8. Contemporary Iranian and Iranian Diasporic Poetry9. Alternative Means of Communication: Iranian BlogsConclusionChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex

Daniel Grassian lives in California.

“Recommended”—Choice; “Grassian proposes that one of the best ways to combat the demonization of Iranians by Western powers is through the study of literature”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Personal and the Political: Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis deleteand Persepolis 22. Muslims and Jews in Contemporary Iran: Dalia Sofer’s deleteThe Septembers of Shiraz3. The Iranian-American Exile and the Exiled Iranian: deletePorochista Khakpour’s Sons and Other Flammable Objects4. Savior or Villain? The Case of Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita deletein Tehran5. Next Generation Iranian-American Memoir Writers: deleteAzadeh Moaveni and Firoozeh Dumas6. From Inside the Walls of Evin Prison: Contemporary Iranian deletePrison Narratives7. Censorship in Iran: Shahriar Mandanipour’s CensoringdeleteIranian Love Story8. Contemporary Iranian and Iranian Diasporic Poetry9. Alternative Means of Communication: Iranian BlogsConclusionChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex

Daniel Grassian lives in California.

“Recommended”—Choice; “Grassian proposes that one of the best ways to combat the demonization of Iranians by Western powers is through the study of literature”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Personal and the Political: Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis deleteand Persepolis 22. Muslims and Jews in Contemporary Iran: Dalia Sofer’s deleteThe Septembers of Shiraz3. The Iranian-American Exile and the Exiled Iranian: deletePorochista Khakpour’s Sons and Other Flammable Objects4. Savior or Villain? The Case of Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita deletein Tehran5. Next Generation Iranian-American Memoir Writers: deleteAzadeh Moaveni and Firoozeh Dumas6. From Inside the Walls of Evin Prison: Contemporary Iranian deletePrison Narratives7. Censorship in Iran: Shahriar Mandanipour’s CensoringdeleteIranian Love Story8. Contemporary Iranian and Iranian Diasporic Poetry9. Alternative Means of Communication: Iranian BlogsConclusionChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex