Date of Award
12-17-2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Allen Fromherz
Second Advisor
Ian Fletcher
Abstract
Iranian women have taken up memoir writing in response to the tumultuous recent history of their country and their own difficult experiences. My thesis explores twelve memoirs of women’s lives in Iran and abroad from the time of the Shah through the Islamic Revolution to the last couple of decades of reform and reaction under the Islamic Republic. The similarities and variations in the experiences of the women in these cohorts reveal the value of memoirs as historical evidence. These memoirs illuminate how changes in history have shaped changes in their authors’ consciousness, sense of self, identity, and sense of belonging as an individual person, as a woman, and as an Iranian.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/15921506
Recommended Citation
Abercrombie, Kayla, "Writing Women's Experiences: Twelve Memoirs of Life in Iran and Abroad Since the 1940s." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/15921506
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