Iranians in Texas
288 pages, 6 x 9
Paperback
Release Date:18 Mar 2025
ISBN:9781477331330
Hardcover
Release Date:18 Mar 2025
ISBN:9781477331323
Iranians in Texas
Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity
By Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher; Introduction by Nestor Rodriguez
University of Texas Press
An exploration of the link between politics of migration, prospects of integration, and ethnic identity among Iranian immigrants and their descendants in the United States, spanning from the 1970s to the present day.
[Praise for the first edition] In this large-scale, comprehensive, and extended time study of Iranian immigrants in Texas, author Mohsen Mobasher used political history between the two countries; four years of participant-observation from 1993 to 1995 and from 2003 to 2005 in Houston, Dallas, and Austin; surveys; open-ended interviews; census materials; printed materials; and information about various Iranian organizations and groups. . . .Throughout the text, the author intersperses statistics with informant quotes and individual life stories.
This new edition will serve as a rich source of data on the Iranian American community which could be used by sociologists, cultural historians, and the ever-increasing number of scholars working on Iranian diaspora today.
- Foreword by Nestor Rodriguez
- Preface
- Preface to the New Edition
- Introduction
- Introduction to the New Edition
- 1. The Paradox of Migration: Neither Happy in Exile nor Looking Forward to Returning Home
- 2. To Be or Not to Be an Iranian: Politics, Media, and the Paradox of National Identity
- 3. Double Ambivalence and Double Detachment: The Paradox of Living in the United States
- 4. To Be an Iranian, American, or Iranian American: Family, Cultural Resistance, and the Paradox of Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Iranian Americans
- 5. Exile and the Paradox of Gender, Marriage, and Family
- 6. States, Foreign Policy, and the Paradox of Inclusion: U.S.-Iran Diplomatic Negotiations since Obama and the Predicament of Iranian Americans
- 7. Exile and Political Activism: The Paradox of National Allegiance and Political Loyalty
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Appendix. Research Methodology
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index
