03072oam 2200661I 450 991045766980332120200520144314.01-136-62717-00-203-80249-710.4324/9780203802496 (CKB)2550000000096291(EBL)958356(OCoLC)798530648(SSID)ssj0000652914(PQKBManifestationID)11940333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652914(PQKBWorkID)10643190(PQKB)10190917(MiAaPQ)EBC958356(Au-PeEL)EBL958356(CaPaEBR)ebr10542232(CaONFJC)MIL760892(OCoLC)786002961(EXLCZ)99255000000009629120180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCity of knowledge in twentieth century Iran Shiraz, history and poetry /Setrag ManoukianAbingdon, Oxon ;N.Y. :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (273 p.)Iranian studies ;v. 10Description based upon print version of record.1-138-78944-5 0-415-78328-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran: Shiraz, history and poetry; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; A note on transliteration and permissions; Introduction: City of knowledge; 1. The territory of Shiraz; 2. Time, space and culture; 3. Editing culture; 4. Writing the history of Shiraz; 5. Tensions in the city of knowledge; 6. History and poetry; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book presents a cultural history of modern Iran from the point of view of Shiraz, a city famous for its poetry and its traditions of scholarship. Exploring the relationship among history, poetry and politics, the book analyses how Shiraz came to be defined as the country's cultural capital, and explains how Iranians have used the concept of culture as a way of thinking about themselves, their past and their relationship with the rest of the world.Weaving together a theoretical approach with extensive ethnographic research, the book suggests a model to integrate broad concIranian studies (London, England)City and town lifeIranShīrāzHistory20th centuryPersian poetryIranShīrāzShīrāz (Iran)History20th centuryShīrāz (Iran)Social life and customs20th centuryShīrāz (Iran)Intellectual lifeElectronic books.City and town lifeHistoryPersian poetry955/.72Manoukian Setrag.639903MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457669803321City of knowledge in twentieth century Iran2051897UNINA