Author: Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742827
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Thousands of Iranians fled their homeland when the 1978–1979 revolution ended the fifty-year reign of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Some fled to Europe and Canada, while others settled in the United States, where anti-Iranian sentiment flared as the hostage crisis unfolded. For those who chose America, Texas became the fourth-largest settlement area, ultimately proving to be a place of paradox for any Middle Easterner in exile. Iranians in Texas culls data, interviews, and participant observations in Iranian communities in Houston, Dallas, and Austin to reveal the difficult, private world of cultural pride, religious experience, marginality, culture clashes, and other aspects of the lives of these immigrants. Examining the political nature of immigration and how the originating and receiving countries shape the prospects of integration, Mohsen Mobasher incorporates his own experience as a Texas scholar born in Iran. Tracing current anti-Muslim sentiment to the Iranian hostage crisis, two decades before 9/11, he observes a radically negative shift in American public opinion that forced thousands of Iranians in the United States to suddenly be subjected to stigmatization and viewed as enemies. The book also sheds light on the transformation of the Iranian family in exile and some of the major challenges that second-generation Iranians face in their interactions with their parents. Bringing to life a unique population in the context of global politics, Iranians in Texas overturns stereotypes while echoing diverse voices.
Iranians in Texas
Author: Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742827
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Thousands of Iranians fled their homeland when the 1978–1979 revolution ended the fifty-year reign of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Some fled to Europe and Canada, while others settled in the United States, where anti-Iranian sentiment flared as the hostage crisis unfolded. For those who chose America, Texas became the fourth-largest settlement area, ultimately proving to be a place of paradox for any Middle Easterner in exile. Iranians in Texas culls data, interviews, and participant observations in Iranian communities in Houston, Dallas, and Austin to reveal the difficult, private world of cultural pride, religious experience, marginality, culture clashes, and other aspects of the lives of these immigrants. Examining the political nature of immigration and how the originating and receiving countries shape the prospects of integration, Mohsen Mobasher incorporates his own experience as a Texas scholar born in Iran. Tracing current anti-Muslim sentiment to the Iranian hostage crisis, two decades before 9/11, he observes a radically negative shift in American public opinion that forced thousands of Iranians in the United States to suddenly be subjected to stigmatization and viewed as enemies. The book also sheds light on the transformation of the Iranian family in exile and some of the major challenges that second-generation Iranians face in their interactions with their parents. Bringing to life a unique population in the context of global politics, Iranians in Texas overturns stereotypes while echoing diverse voices.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742827
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Thousands of Iranians fled their homeland when the 1978–1979 revolution ended the fifty-year reign of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Some fled to Europe and Canada, while others settled in the United States, where anti-Iranian sentiment flared as the hostage crisis unfolded. For those who chose America, Texas became the fourth-largest settlement area, ultimately proving to be a place of paradox for any Middle Easterner in exile. Iranians in Texas culls data, interviews, and participant observations in Iranian communities in Houston, Dallas, and Austin to reveal the difficult, private world of cultural pride, religious experience, marginality, culture clashes, and other aspects of the lives of these immigrants. Examining the political nature of immigration and how the originating and receiving countries shape the prospects of integration, Mohsen Mobasher incorporates his own experience as a Texas scholar born in Iran. Tracing current anti-Muslim sentiment to the Iranian hostage crisis, two decades before 9/11, he observes a radically negative shift in American public opinion that forced thousands of Iranians in the United States to suddenly be subjected to stigmatization and viewed as enemies. The book also sheds light on the transformation of the Iranian family in exile and some of the major challenges that second-generation Iranians face in their interactions with their parents. Bringing to life a unique population in the context of global politics, Iranians in Texas overturns stereotypes while echoing diverse voices.
IRANIANS IN TEXAS
Author: MOHSEN MOSTAFAVI. MOBASHER
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ISBN: 9781477331330
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9781477331330
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Ethnic Media Use Among Iranian Immigrants in Houston
Author: Alireza Moradi
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Category : Iranians and mass media
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Category : Iranians and mass media
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Culture and Identity
Author: Bita Razavimaleki
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Category : Conversion
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Category : Conversion
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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The Iranian Diaspora
Author: Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher
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ISBN: 9781477316665
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
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ISBN: 9781477316665
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
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Hyphenated Identities
Author: Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Health knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors of Iranian refugees in central Texas including smoking, diet, and physical activity
Author: Nina Almasy
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Category : Refugees, Iranian
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Category : Refugees, Iranian
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Acceptance of selected traditional Iranian norms and customs by Iranian undergraduate students in Texas
Author: Fereshteh Hashemi
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The Iranian Diaspora
Author: Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477316647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The Iranian revolution of 1978–1979 uprooted and globally dispersed an enormous number of Iranians from all walks of life. Bitter political relations between Iran and the West have since caused those immigrants to be stigmatized, marginalized, and politicized, which, in turn, has discredited and distorted Iranian migrants’ social identity; subjected them to various subtle and overt forms of prejudice, discrimination, and social injustice; and pushed them to the edges of their host societies. The Iranian Diaspora presents the first global overview of Iranian migrants’ experiences since the revolution, highlighting the similarities and differences in their experiences of adjustment and integration in North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Written by leading scholars of the Iranian diaspora, the original essays in this volume seek to understand and describe how Iranians in diaspora (re)define and maintain their ethno-national identity and (re)construct and preserve Iranian culture. They also explore the integration challenges the Iranian immigrants experience in a very negative context of reception. Combining theory and case studies, as well as a variety of methodological strategies and disciplinary perspectives, the essays offer needed insights into some of the most urgent and consequential issues and problem areas of immigration studies, including national, ethnic, and racial identity construction; dual citizenship and dual nationality maintenance; familial and religious transformation; politics of citizenship; integration; ethnic and cultural maintenance in diaspora; and the link between politics and the integration of immigrants, particularly Muslim immigrants.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477316647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The Iranian revolution of 1978–1979 uprooted and globally dispersed an enormous number of Iranians from all walks of life. Bitter political relations between Iran and the West have since caused those immigrants to be stigmatized, marginalized, and politicized, which, in turn, has discredited and distorted Iranian migrants’ social identity; subjected them to various subtle and overt forms of prejudice, discrimination, and social injustice; and pushed them to the edges of their host societies. The Iranian Diaspora presents the first global overview of Iranian migrants’ experiences since the revolution, highlighting the similarities and differences in their experiences of adjustment and integration in North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Written by leading scholars of the Iranian diaspora, the original essays in this volume seek to understand and describe how Iranians in diaspora (re)define and maintain their ethno-national identity and (re)construct and preserve Iranian culture. They also explore the integration challenges the Iranian immigrants experience in a very negative context of reception. Combining theory and case studies, as well as a variety of methodological strategies and disciplinary perspectives, the essays offer needed insights into some of the most urgent and consequential issues and problem areas of immigration studies, including national, ethnic, and racial identity construction; dual citizenship and dual nationality maintenance; familial and religious transformation; politics of citizenship; integration; ethnic and cultural maintenance in diaspora; and the link between politics and the integration of immigrants, particularly Muslim immigrants.
Center for Middle Eastern Studies (University of Texas): Iran
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This academic portal page, although updated infrequently, nonetheless furnishes important links and discussions on all aspects of Iranian history, politics, culture, news and society.
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Languages : en
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Book Description
This academic portal page, although updated infrequently, nonetheless furnishes important links and discussions on all aspects of Iranian history, politics, culture, news and society.