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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452303103321

Autore

Shavarini Mitra K. <1962->

Titolo

Desert roots [[electronic resource] ] : journey of an Iranian immigrant family / / Mitra Karbassi Shavarini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, Tex., : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-59332-598-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society

Disciplina

305.89155/073

Soggetti

Iranian Americans

Iranian Americans - Cultural assimilation

Immigrants - Family relationships - United States

Return migration - Iran

Place attachment

Electronic books.

Iran Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Desert Roots; Introduction; Chapter 1: Ghorbat; Chapter 2: Eshgh; Chapter 3: Tasbih; Chapter 4: Shimr; Chapter 5: Vatan Parast; Chapter 6: Curse; Chapter 7: Soghra; Chapter 8: Brother; Chapter 9: Kambiz; Chapter 10: Doors; Chapter 11: Iran

Sommario/riassunto

Desert Roots is the true story of the author's parents who, after being self-imposed exiles from their native Iran for 33 years, decided to leave the United States and return to their homeland. In this family biography, Shavarini explores the issues that brought them to America-and eventually drew them back home again. The experiences of her family will help readers understand the struggles many Iranians-those living in Iran and abroad-have faced. Threaded throughout the story are universal themes that connect readers to the many characters within: a mother trying to raise her children in a ne