TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nanquette,Laetitia
TI  - Orientalism versus Occidentalism: literary and cultural imaging between France and Iran since the Islamic Revolution 
T2  - International library of cultural studies
SN  - 9781848859784 (hbk.)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - French literature
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Iranian literature
KW  - Orientalism in literature
KW  - East and West
KW  - France
KW  - Relations
KW  - Iran
KW  - In literature
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 1945-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 'At a time when Iran is represented in the French media as a rogue state obsessed with its nuclear program, and when France is portrayed in the Iranian media as a decadent and imperialist country, this book highlights the role of cultural representations and perceptions. Here, Laetitia Nanquette examines the functions, processes and mechanisms of stereotyping and imagining the'other' that have pervaded the literary traditions of France and Iran when writing about each other. She furthermore analyses Franco-Iranian relations, exploring the literary traditions of this relationship, the ways in which these have affected individual authors and reflect socio-political realities. With themes that feed into popular debates about the nature of Orientalism and Occidentalism, and how the two interact, this book will be vital for researchers of Middle Eastern literature and its relationship with writings from the West, as well as those working on the cultures of the Middle East.'--From the publisher's website
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