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Malek, Amy. "Memoir as Iranian Exile Cultural Production: A Case Study of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis Series." Iranian Studies 39. (2006): 353–80. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:33 AM) Last edited by: joachim (1/6/10, 7:06 PM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1080/00210860600808201 BibTeX citation key: Malek2006a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Persepolis", Autobiography, France, Genre, Identity, Interculturalism, Iran, Satrapi. Marjane Creators: Malek Collection: Iranian Studies |
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In this essay, Iranian exile cultural production is examined via a cultural studies approach, applying Hamid Naficy's work on the concept of liminality and its productive potential to analyze the Iranian women's memoir phenomenon of the past eleven years. Focus is placed primarily upon Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis, which is analyzed as part of this larger memoir phenomenon. I will argue that Persepolis is a prime example of exile cultural production—as a site for experimentation within various genres (here, that of the memoir and graphic novel), and also for identity negotiation, self-reflection, and cultural translation—thanks to the liminality and hybridity of an artist and author who feels she is “in-between.”
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