Iranians in Texas

Mobasher, Mohsen M., 1962-

Iranians in Texas migration, politics, and ethnic identity / [electronic resource] : Mohsen M. Mobasher. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012. - xvi, 193 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The paradox of migration: neither happy in exile nor looking forward to returning home -- To be or not to be an Iranian: politics, media, and the paradox of national identity -- Double ambivalence and double detachment: the paradox of living in the United States -- To be an Iranian, American, or Iranian American: family, cultural resistance, and the paradox of ethnic identity among second-generation Iranian Americans -- Exile and the paradox of gender, marriage, and family.


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Iranian Americans--Texas.
Iranians--Texas.
Immigrants--Texas.
Political refugees--Texas.


Iran--Politics and government--20th century.


Electronic books.

F395.I5 / M63 2012eb

305.891/550764