City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran: Shiraz, History and Poetry

ISBN-13: 9781138789449 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 260 str.

Setrag Manoukian

Opis

This book presents a cultural history of modern Iran from the point of view of Shiraz, a city famous for its poetry and its traditions of scholarship. Exploring the relationship among history, poetry and politics, the book analyses how Shiraz came to be defined as the country's cultural capital.

Spis treści

Introduction: City of Knowledge  1. The Territory of Shiraz  2. Time, Space and Culture  3. Editing Culture  4. Writing the History of Shiraz  5. Tensions in the City of Knowledge  6. History and Poetry.  Conclusions

O autorze

Setrag Manoukian is an Italian anthropologist and historian of modern Iran. He is an assistant professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies and the Department of Anthropology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.