1. Reading (and Misreading) Lolitain Tehran.
- Author
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Papan-Matin, Firoozeh
- Subjects
IRANIAN American authors ,INFLUENCE (Literary, artistic, etc.) ,MIDDLE East-United States relations - Abstract
This article presents information on Iranian-born author Azar Nafisi, who wrote "Reading (and Misreading) Lolita in Tehran." The author notes that Nafisi's ties to former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, through their work at John Hopkins University, and conservative Leo Strauss led to political and literary written attacks on Nafisi's viewpoints, influence, and writing. She notes that Nafisi's memoir is just that and not the political manifesto others would make it out to be.
- Published
- 2007