Lexington Books
Pages: 166
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-7509-6 • Hardback • March 2021 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
978-1-4985-7510-2 • eBook • March 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00) (coming soon)
Roksana Alavi is associate (term) professor of interdisciplinary studies at the University of Oklahoma College of Professional and Continuing Studies and affiliate faculty member in the philosophy department and Iranian studies and women and gender studies programs.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: My Life in the Triangle
Chapter Two: What Are You?: A Discussion on Race, Ethnicity, and (Iranian) Identity
Chapter Three: Voluntary Oppression
Chapter Four: Bridging the Gap Between Rights and Capabilities
Chapter Five: Harms of Oppression
Chapter Six: Responding to Oppression
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
"Roksana Alavi beautifully interweaves the personal and the political to chronicle the racialization of Iranian Americans and capture the ways that xenophobia functions in America. This book explores the stereotypes ingrained within the American psyche via blockbuster movies such as Argo, Shahs of Sunset, and Not Without My Daughter. Using the capabilities approach to generate rights, Alavi remains committed to issues of justice and equality and does a wonderful job of carving a path forward for eradicating oppression."
— Saba Fatima, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
"Alavi shows that the Iranian American experience is an underdiscussed and rich source for considering issues of race, identity, and discrimination. Her reflections on 'self-shame' and divided immigrant identities are especially interesting."
— Adam Hosein, Northeastern University