04467nam 22007335 450 991029806580332120240207124303.03-319-79023-410.1007/978-3-319-79023-7(CKB)4100000004974478(MiAaPQ)EBC5437371(DE-He213)978-3-319-79023-7(EXLCZ)99410000000497447820180626d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIranians in London[electronic resource] Voices of Exile /by Mahnaz Sekechi1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (286 pages)Studies in the Psychosocial,2662-26293-319-79022-6 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Context: the Iranian Revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries and the Struggle for Freedom -- 3 Theoretical Framework: Migration, Diaspora, Social Suffering and Encapsulated Sadness -- 4 Gol: Flight to Freedom -- 5 Mahmoud: ‘The Sorrow which has no Vent in Tears may make other Organs Weep’ -- 6 Sahel: ‘Learning is Very Important to Me – Maybe it’s This Issue that Keeps me Alive’ -- 7 Comparing Experiences Across the Stories: Loss and Belonging -- 8 Conclusion.This book addresses the experiences of middle-class Iranians who left Iran after the revolution of 1979, and have since been living in London. The author explores both ‘voluntary’ movement (immigration) and ‘enforced’ movement (exile) to better understand the experiences of ‘ordinary’ middle-class Iranian migrants. This group was not subjected to prison, torture or other overt forms of abusive treatments; and was not identified as ‘opposing’ the regime at a directly personal level. They nonetheless chose to leave Iran given the socio politico-cultural context of the changes wrought by the Islamic Republic in Iranian society. The book’s central argument is that losses of country, liberty and security in Iran combined with varying degrees of social exclusion and downward mobility in London, have led to an enduring, encapsulated sadness for many of these once middle-class Iranians. This book underlines the importance of understanding the psychosocial significance of loss and exclusion in these (and other) migrant lives. It also demonstrates the value of psychosocial analysis itself in understanding dislocations and their effects on wellbeing. .Studies in the Psychosocial,2662-2629Social psychologyCommunity psychologyEnvironmental psychologyCross-cultural psychologySelfIdentity (Psychology)Political sociologySocial structureEqualityPsychosocial Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20220Community and Environmental Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20070Cross Cultural Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20100Self and Identityhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20150Political Sociologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22170Social Structure, Social Inequalityhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22010Social psychology.Community psychology.Environmental psychology.Cross-cultural psychology.Self.Identity (Psychology).Political sociology.Social structure.Equality.Psychosocial Studies.Community and Environmental Psychology.Cross Cultural Psychology.Self and Identity.Political Sociology.Social Structure, Social Inequality.955Sekechi Mahnazauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut766198BOOK9910298065803321Iranians in London1558513UNINA