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dc.contributor.authorWalker Parker, Sharon LaVon
dc.creatorWalker Parker, Sharon LaVonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-06T13:37:44Z
dc.date.available2011-12-06T13:37:44Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/195078
dc.description.abstractIn my dissertation I address a gap in scholarship on contemporary Iranian women by using a selection of artworks as the lens through which to explore the gendered experience of exile and diaspora. More specifically, I examine the embodiment of personal and political space since the 1979 revolution as depicted by a selection of contemporary Iranian women artists some of whom live and work in the United States, others in Iran. Narratives embedded in their work examined in this project, provide a lens through which to view women's particular experiences inside and outside post revolutionary Iran. Some artist's works can be interpreted as descriptive of aspects of women's legal status in Iran; while others demonstrate the feelings of post revolution estrangement (ghorbat) and internalized exile through their portrayals of the related issues of veiling and women's cultural memory, as well as their private presence and public absence. Although engaging in a close reading of the art itself, I also draw from Iranian women's literature including memoirs, poetry, and scholarly works. The primary artists whose works I discuss include Haleh Niazmand, Taraneh Hemami, Kendal Kennedy and Shirin Neshat (U.S.) and Minoo Asaadi, Samila Amir-Ebrihimi, and Shirin Etehadieh (Iran). Additional artists included in this dissertation are Kendal Kennedy, Sonia Balassanian and Shirin Neshat (U.S.). The poet whose work frames the issues in each chapter is Persis Karim.
dc.language.isoENen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectIranen_US
dc.subjectWomen Artistsen_US
dc.subjectExile Arten_US
dc.titleEmbodied Exile: Contemporary Iranian Women Artists and the Politics of Placeen_US
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dc.typeElectronic Dissertationen_US
dc.contributor.chairBabcock, Barbara A.en_US
dc.contributor.chairBetteridge, Anne H.en_US
dc.identifier.oclc137355620en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberdeVet, Thereseen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberMcElroy, Keithen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberMoore, Sarah J.en_US
dc.identifier.proquest1432en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineComparative Cultural & Literary Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.namePhDen_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-25T05:24:48Z
html.description.abstractIn my dissertation I address a gap in scholarship on contemporary Iranian women by using a selection of artworks as the lens through which to explore the gendered experience of exile and diaspora. More specifically, I examine the embodiment of personal and political space since the 1979 revolution as depicted by a selection of contemporary Iranian women artists some of whom live and work in the United States, others in Iran. Narratives embedded in their work examined in this project, provide a lens through which to view women's particular experiences inside and outside post revolutionary Iran. Some artist's works can be interpreted as descriptive of aspects of women's legal status in Iran; while others demonstrate the feelings of post revolution estrangement (ghorbat) and internalized exile through their portrayals of the related issues of veiling and women's cultural memory, as well as their private presence and public absence. Although engaging in a close reading of the art itself, I also draw from Iranian women's literature including memoirs, poetry, and scholarly works. The primary artists whose works I discuss include Haleh Niazmand, Taraneh Hemami, Kendal Kennedy and Shirin Neshat (U.S.) and Minoo Asaadi, Samila Amir-Ebrihimi, and Shirin Etehadieh (Iran). Additional artists included in this dissertation are Kendal Kennedy, Sonia Balassanian and Shirin Neshat (U.S.). The poet whose work frames the issues in each chapter is Persis Karim.


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