文档介绍：Constructing Identity in Iranian-American Self-Narrative
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Constructing Identity in Iranian-
American Self-Narrative
Ma r i a D. Wa g e n k n e c h t
c o n s t r u c t i n g i d e n t i t y in i r a n i a n -a m e r i c a n s e l f -n a r r a t i v e
Copyright © Maria D. Wagenknecht, 2015.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-47961-7
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PhD dissertation at the University of Rostock, Faculty of Humanities.
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DOI
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wagenknecht, Maria D., 1983– author.
Constructing identity in Iranian-American self-narrative /
Maria D. Wagenknecht.
pages cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-349-50245-5
1. American literature—Iranian American authors—History and
criticism. 2. Iranian Americans—Biography—History and criticism.
3. Autobiography—Iranian American authors. 4. Iranian diaspora.
I. Title.
2015
8915—dc23 2014032959
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
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First edition: February 2015
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Transliteration of Persian Word