In this excellent monograph—which we recently indexed at Southwest Humanities—Assal Rad provides a thorough historical analysis of post-revolutionary Iranian identity and the conflicts that have arisen out of it. Including explorations of Iranian music, television programs, and film, The State of Resistance (forthcoming in August 2022 from Cambridge University Press) uses interdisciplinary approaches to study “the formation of an Iranian national identity over the last century and, significantly, the role of Iranian people in defining the contours of that identity. . . . Both accessible in style and meticulously researched, Rad’s work cultivates a more holistic picture of Iranian politics, policy, and society, showing how the Iran of the past is intimately connected to that of the present.” For more information about this book, please take a look at the publisher’s website here.
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