Roxanne Varzi: 2 books
Warring Souls
Youth, Media, and Martyrdom in Post-Revolution Iran
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2006
With the first Fulbright grant for research in Iran to be awarded since the Iranian revolution in 1979, Roxanne Varzi returned to the country her family left before the Iran-Iraq war. Drawing on ethnographic research she conducted in Tehran between 1991 and 2000, she provides an eloquent account of...
Last Scene Underground
An Ethnographic Novel of Iran
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Leili could not have imagined that arriving late to Islamic morals class would change the course of her life. But her arrival catches the eye of a young man, and a chance meeting soon draws Leili into a new circle of friends and artists. Gathering in the cafes of Tehran, these young college students...