THE PEARL OF DARI by Zuzanna Olszewska ( 9780253017529 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE PEARL OF DARI
POETRY AND PERSONHOOD AMONG YOUNG AFGHANS IN IRAN

By:

Zuzanna Olszewska

Format:

Book

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ISBN 10:

0253017521

ISBN 13:

9780253017529

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Publisher:

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

16 November, 2015

Series:

Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa

Pages:

288

Synopsis:

The Pearl of Dari takes us into the heart of Afghan refugee life in the Islamic Republic of Iran through a rich ethnographic portrait of the circle of poets and intellectuals who make up the "Pearl of Dari" cultural organization. Dari is the name by which the Persian language is known in Afghanistan. Afghan immigrants in Iran, refugees from the Soviet war in Afghanistan, are marginalized and restricted to menial jobs and lower-income neighborhoods. Ambitious and creative refugee youth have taken to writing poetry to tell their story as a group and to improve their prospects for a better life. At the same time, they are altering the ancient tradition of Persian love poetry by promoting greater individualism in realms such as gender and marriage. Zuzanna Olszewska offers compelling insights into the social life of poetry in an urban, Middle Eastern setting largely unknown in the West.

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Indiana University Press

Prizes:

Winner of Winner, 2016 Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award.

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Non-returnable

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