Fear and Loathing in Tehran: Alienation and Urban Space in 1920s Tehran

Rasmus Christian Elling

Fear and Loathing in Tehran: Alienation and Urban Space in 1920s Tehran

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

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Abstract

Within the framework of urban cultural studies, I show how acts and processes of alienation and disalienation - in the Lefebvrian sense - are expressed through the 1922 novel 'Tehrân-e Makhuf' by Moshfeq Kazemi, thus exploring the dialectical relationship between material conditions and cultural imaginaries at a critical juncture of Tehran’s urban history specifically, and of Iran’s socio-political history generally.

Original language	English
Publication date	4 Aug 2016
Publication status	Published - 4 Aug 2016
Event	International Society for Iranian Studies Bi-annual Conference - University of Vienna, Wien, Austria Duration: 2 Aug 2016 → 5 Aug 2016 http://societyforiranianstudies.org

Conference

Conference	International Society for Iranian Studies Bi-annual Conference
Location	University of Vienna
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Wien
Period	02/08/2016 → 05/08/2016
Internet address	http://societyforiranianstudies.org

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
Urban
Alienation
Lefebvre
Urban Culture
Urban Sociology
Urban Humanities
Modernity
Identity
Tehran
Iran
Novel

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