Iranian Studies

_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Kirman and the Qajar Empire explores how these Kirmani local elites mediated political, economic, and social change in their community during the significant transitional period in Iran’s history, from the rise of the Qajar Empire through to World War I. It departs from t..

The main focus of Literary Subterfuge and Contemporary Persian Fiction: Who Writes Iran? is to identify components and elements which define Persian modernist fiction. In this process, the emphasis is placed on literary concepts and devices which provide the dynamics of the evolutionary trajectory ..

"This book charts the development of Afghan literature in the modern era, covering both poetry and prose, and relating it to social, economic and political change in that country." Winner of the Iranian World Prize for Book of the Year in Islamics Studies 2009_x005F_x000D_ "The literary history of A..

Based around the three key themes - historiography, politics and economy, art and architecture - this collection examines the latest research on Safavid Iran. The book, dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, will supplement and re-interpret the existing literature on the subject...

This book examines the social and political change in Iran outside of Tehran since the revolution and how local communities have developed and changed...

This book examines the social and political change in Iran outside of Tehran since the revolution and how local communities have developed and changed...

Critical approaches to the study of topics related to Persian literature and Iranian culture have evolved in recent decades. The essays included in this volume collectively demonstrate the most recent creative approaches to the study of the Persian language, literature, and culture, and the way thes..

This book sheds light on the prolific but little studied Iranian popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s. Critics generally dismiss such films, best known for their songs and melodramatic plots, as shallow, derivative entertainment. The sarcastic moniker filmfarsi (“Persian film”) was even employed to r..

Critically deploying the idea of uneven and combined development this book provides a novel non-eurocentric account of Iran’s experience of modernity and revolution. Recasting Iranian Modernity presents the argument that eurocentrism can be decisively overcome through a social theory that has intern..

This edited collection brings together the foremost authorities on Sadeq Hedayat's work...

Taking a theologically oriented method for engaging with historical and cultural phenomena, this book explores the challenge, offered by revolutionary Shi’i theology in Iran, to Western conventions on theology, revolution and religion’s role in the creation of identity...

Based on original fieldwork on environmentalism in Iran, this study integrates sociological and historical analyses of social movements and civil society in contemporary Iran. By applying Western sociology to Iranian history and society this book contributes to a better understanding of social movem..