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Deep Salt Water By Marianne Apostolides, Jenna Gersie
Deep Salt Water By Marianne Apostolides, Jenna Gersie
The Goose
Review of Marianne Apostolide's Deep Salt Water.
The Moth Snowstorm By Michael Mccarthy, Joanna Streetly
The Moth Snowstorm By Michael Mccarthy, Joanna Streetly
The Goose
Review of Michael McCarthy's The Moth Snowstorm.
Let Me Tell You What It Means: Reading Beyond Humor In Selected Iranian-American Memoirs, Stand-Up Comedy, And Film In The Post-9/11 Era, Reza Ashouri Talooki
Let Me Tell You What It Means: Reading Beyond Humor In Selected Iranian-American Memoirs, Stand-Up Comedy, And Film In The Post-9/11 Era, Reza Ashouri Talooki
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ABSTRACT
Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Muslims in America have continued to remain the subject of cultural and political debates. In their artistic endeavours, Muslim artists have tried to rectify the negative and mediated images attributed to Islam, Muslims, and their cultures. In this dissertation, I look at Iranian works from the diaspora that not only represent Iranian culture and attempt to raise public awareness in America, but also extensively wade into humor as their linking theme. It is humor embedded in socio-cultural and political implications along with cultural representations that constitute my analysis in this dissertation. …