Lipstick Jihad
Subtitle: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Publisher: PublicAffairs; Public Affairs
Published: March 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781586481933
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Social conditions; Iranian Americans; Elements In The U.S. Population; Sociology - General; Social Situations And Conditions; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Iranian American women; Biography/Autobiography; Women; Iran; Ethnic Cultures - General; Middle East - Iran; Biography; Moaveni, Azadeh,; Ethnic Studies - General; 1976-; 1997-
First sentence: It was so cool and quiet up in the toot (mulberry) tree that I never wanted to come down.
Description: An Iranian-American journalist, who grew up as a California girl living in two worlds, returns to Tehran and discovers not only the oppressive and decadent life of her Iranian counterparts who have grown up since the revolution, but the pain of searching for identity between two cultures, and for a homeland that may not exist. The landscape of her Tehran--ski slopes, fashion shows, malls and cafes--is populated by a cast of young people whose exuberance and despair brings the modern reality of Iran to vivid life.