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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Iranian American"”.
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Navigating the (Im)Perfect Performances of Queer Iranian-American Identity
… ramifications that impact the lives of queer Iranians and their families, both within Iran and abroad, challenge many queer of color expectations. Due to stringent cultural and legal influences, Iranian social discourse heavily impacts the family unit and an individual's ability to navigate …
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The Influence of Acculturation on Meanings of Marriage for Iranian-American Women
… framework for understanding the dynamics of Iranian marriage as women acculturate into Western norms and the implications of these experiences for those who work with them in their adjustment process. With the growing population of Iranian immigrants in the United States there is a need to …
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Traumatic bodies and diasporic disaffection: a study of Iranian American literature in English
… Studying a set of representative texts by Iranian and Iranian-American women, I examine the impacts of traumas on people’s bodies imagined in these texts. Finding traces of traumatic disaffection, I explain how bodies and pain become an object and a tool for modern political institutions …
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Moving: knowledge, image, embodiment and Iranian-American identity in the post-911 USA
This dissertation ascribes an extended methodology of auto-ethnography to the problem of apprehending the cultural and affective crossways symbiotic with post 911, late capitalism, in the United States and on the Transnational Stage. It introduces a performative approach derived from Somatics and …
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My Body, the Conduit
… attempts. The collection also grapples with Iranian-/American gender, race, and national identities; familial storytelling; and the speaker's experience of relearning her first language (Persian/Farsi) within the context of western exploitation of Iranian oil as well as the forty-year-old …
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Will Iranian oil still fuel China? An analysis of Beijing's stance on international sanctions against Iran
… nuclear capabilities has implicated China in Iranian-American tensions. Although China has sought to steer clear of becoming embroiled in the Iranian nuclear situation due to its improved standing in the Gulf, Beijing has unavoidably become a significant actor in the diplomatic brinkmanship …
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Quantum Regimes: Genealogies of Virtual Matter and Healing the New Age Body
… within the New Age with a focused case study of Iranian-American healers, whose prominent presence in the alternative healthcare landscape demonstrates the importance of including immigrant communities in studies of American religion and culture, the diversity of New Age spirituality, and the …
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FACTORS RELATED TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF IRANIAN CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DIVORCE
… is known about minority cultures; specifically Iranian populations and the impact of divorce on child adjustment and mental health. Only a few studies have focused on Iranian children and divorce, however these studies were conducted in Iran and information was limited. Iranian culture greatly …
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Dasteh-Gül
This thesis was conducted remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, encapsulating many of the processes, thoughts, and progress that have led up to the artist’s current animation practice. Ultimately, this thesis meditates on my progress through a 2-year MFA program and the evolution of a practice …
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LANGUAGE ATTITUDES OF FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION AFGHAN-AMERICANS AND IRANIAN-AMERICANS TOWARD DARI AND PERSIAN
… of first and second generation Afghan and Iranian-Americans toward the two varieties Dari and Persian of the Indo-Iranian language Farsi. Research on this subject can facilitate future endeavors toward heritage language maintenance efforts in order to preserve a linguistically diverse …
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TOWNIES: MATRIARCHS AND MAYHEM
… and horror. It explores the experiences of Iranian diaspora and young women in rural communities such as East Texas. All the pieces in this collection are set in a fictionalized East Texas town named Pogue Woods to set stories in a unique and centralized location and explore the variety of …