At the Threshold

ISBN-13: 9781032193762 / Twarda / 2023 / 168 str.

Rana Esfandiary

Opis

This book examines the performance strategies used by contemporary Iranian artists and activists to reimagine “Iranian-ness” in the context of Iran’s local, regional, and global position.

Spis treści

1 Monologues of Resistance  2 Bewildered They Stood, Like an Empty Oath, Like a Solemn Kurd: Ali Akbar Alizad and his Plea for Justice  3 Off of the White Light and into a Spiral Pattern  4 Embracing the Liminal rather than Nostalgia  5 Conclusion: Circling in a Cul-de-sac

O autorze

Rana Esfandiary is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of Kansas, USA.