Irangeles: Iranians in Los Angeles

A collection of essays, photos and interviews with Iranians in Los Angeles on a variety of topics including politics and popular culture, occupations, male-female relationships, and ethnic and religious sub-groups within the new culture.

Contents

• Introduction, by Ron Kelley and Jonathan Friedlander
• Nationalism and Social Change in Contemporary Iran, by Mehrdad Amanat
• Chronology of the Pahlavi Era and the Islamic Republic, by Ron Kelley
• Beyond Nationality: Religio-Ethnic Diversity, by Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Georges Sabagh and Claudia Der-Martirosian
• Ethnic and Religious Communities from Iran in Los Angeles, by Ron Kelley
• Iranian Women and Gender Relations in Los Angeles, by Nayereh Tohidi
• Caught between Two Cultures: Young Iranian Women in Los Angeles, by Shideh Hanassab
• Wealth and Illusions of Wealth in the Los Angeles Iranian Community, by Ron Kelley
• Women Entrepreneurs: Three Case Studies of Small Businesses, by Arlene Dallalfar
• Iranian Protest Demonstrations in Los Angeles, by Ron Kelley
• Popular Culture of Iranian Exiles in Los Angeles, by Hamid Naficy
• Irangeles: Photographic Contexts, by Ron Kelley
• Interviews

Ron Kelley, Editor
Jonathan Friedlander, Associate Editor
University of California Press, 1993
159 black-and-white photographs by Ron Kelley
ISBN: 0-520-08008-4 (cloth), 0-520-08009-1 (paper)

Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2004

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