Iranians in Texas
Subtitle: migration, politics, and ethnic identity
By: Mohsen M. Mobasher
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780292728592; 9780292737082
Subjects: Politics and government; Iranians; Iranian Americans; Political refugees; Immigrants
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-187) and index.
Table of contents: title: The paradox of migration: neither happy in exile nor looking forward to returning home; title: To be or not to be an Iranian: politics, media, and the paradox of national identity; title: Double ambivalence and double detachment: the paradox of living in the United States; title: To be an Iranian, American, or Iranian American: family, cultural resistance, and the paradox of ethnic identity among second-generation Iranian Americans; title: Exile and the paradox of gender, marriage, and family.