An eloquent ethnographic account of the beliefs and experiences of young, middle-class, urban Iranians who have grown up in the period since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution
An eloquent ethnographic account of the beliefs and experiences of young, middle-class, urban Iranians who have grown up in the period since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution
Roxanne Varzi is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine.
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Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Journey xiii Introduction. Divination: An Archeology of the Unknown 1 1. The Image and the Hidden Master 23 2. Mystic States: Martyrdom and the Making of the Islamic Republic 44 3. Shooting Soldiers, Shooting Film: The Cinema of the Iranian Sacred Defense 76 4. Visionary States: Inhabiting the City, Inhabiting the Mind 106 5. Shifting Subjects: Public Law and Private Selves 131 6. Majnun's Mask: Sex, Suicide, and Semiotic Malfunctioning 155 7. The Ghost in the Machine: (Just War?) Remainders and Reminders of War 175 8. Reforming Religious Identity in Post-Khatami Iran 194 Conclusion. Mehdi's Climb 209 Epilogue 214 Notes 219 Works Cited 263 Index 269
Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Journey xiii Introduction. Divination: An Archeology of the Unknown 1 1. The Image and the Hidden Master 23 2. Mystic States: Martyrdom and the Making of the Islamic Republic 44 3. Shooting Soldiers, Shooting Film: The Cinema of the Iranian Sacred Defense 76 4. Visionary States: Inhabiting the City, Inhabiting the Mind 106 5. Shifting Subjects: Public Law and Private Selves 131 6. Majnun's Mask: Sex, Suicide, and Semiotic Malfunctioning 155 7. The Ghost in the Machine: (Just War?) Remainders and Reminders of War 175 8. Reforming Religious Identity in Post-Khatami Iran 194 Conclusion. Mehdi's Climb 209 Epilogue 214 Notes 219 Works Cited 263 Index 269
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