By bringing sensory studies to the study of Persian literature and culture, Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses: Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture inaugurates a new chapter for Iranian and Persian studies. This volume offers a diverse set of readings across periods, genres and forms throughout Persian literary history, demonstrating the value of sensory studies as an approach to Persian cultural production, literary or otherwise. The book’s chapters conceptualize sensory aesthetics in the context of Persian literature and suggest ways in which sensory studies can be used to reimagine and enrich existing approaches to Persian literature. The volume sheds light on the scope of Persianate sensoria over the long, rich history of Persian letters. In doing so, it also offers a new model for a comparative approach to the study of Persian literary works through the larger field of sensory studies.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2021
Copyrightjahr
2021
ISBN-Print
978-90-8728-368-1
ISBN-Online
978-94-006-0414-8
Verlag
Leiden University Press, Leiden
Reihe
Iranian Studies Series
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
277
Produkttyp
Sammelband
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Table of Contents Kein Zugriff
A Note on Translations and Transliterations Kein Zugriff
Preface and Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction: Minds/Senses Kein Zugriff Seiten 13 - 24
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1. Transcending the Written Text: From Dava’i’s Sensescapes to Sensorial Promiscuities in a Hafezian Banquet Kein Zugriff Seiten 25 - 48
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2. Beyond Senses: Rumi’s Mystical Philosophy of Sense Perceptions Kein Zugriff Seiten 49 - 70
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3. Ta‘ziyeh and Social Jouissance: ‘Beyond the Pleasure’ of Pain in Islamic Passion Play and Muharram Ceremonies Kein Zugriff Seiten 71 - 98
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4. Seeing Red, Hearing the Revolution: The Multi-Sensory Appeal of Shuresh Kein Zugriff Seiten 99 - 128
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5. Radical Openness in Forugh Farrokhzad’s The House is Black Kein Zugriff Seiten 129 - 148
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6. Feminine Sense Versus Common Sense in Two Persian Folktales from Iran: ‘A Girl’s Loyalty’ and ‘Seven Poplar Trees’ Kein Zugriff Seiten 149 - 170
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7. Sonic Triggers and Fiery Pools: The Senses at War in Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar’s Scorpion Kein Zugriff Seiten 171 - 194
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8. The Sensorium of Exile: The Case of Elyas Alavi and Gloria Anzaldúa Kein Zugriff Seiten 195 - 214
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9. Making Sense of the Senses: A Sensory Reading of Moniro Ravanipour’s These Crazy Nights Kein Zugriff Seiten 215 - 242
