An Iranian Childhood: Rethinking History and Memory

by Hamid Dabashi

Hamid Dabashi was born and raised in southern Iran in the 1950s and 1960s. During this time, his homeland was changed beyond recognition, from the 1953 coup d' tat to the 1963 political protests and the beginning of the Marxist rebellions against the Shah in 1971. In this vibrant, unique and personal study, Dabashi recounts his experience of this defining period in modern Iranian history, deftly blending the personal with the political, the ordinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316512851
• ISBN13: 9781316512852
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"