1st Edition
City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran Shiraz, History and Poetry
By Setrag Manoukian
Copyright 2012
272 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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, and explains how Iranians have used the concept of culture as a way of thinking about themselves,... Read more
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
Biography
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.
