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- Title
Public Performances of Identity Negotiation in the Iranian Diaspora: The New York Persian Day Parade.
- Authors
Malek, Amy
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the public performances of the Iranian diaspora for identity negotiation as manifested in the New York Persian Day Parade. It explores the complicated ways shaped and framed by the parade since its inception and the ways vied by various organizations and groups for authenticity. It notes the representation of ethnic parades as a kind ethnic legitimacy renarrating the Iranianness in the U.S. context.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); PARADES; IRANIAN diaspora; MIGRATIONS of Iranians; ETHNICITY
- Publication
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, & the Middle East, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 2, p388
- ISSN
1089-201X
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1215/1089201X-1264316