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Da and its mothers of the martyred : meaning and contest in an Iranian war memoir
Ghardashkhani, Goulia (2024): Da and its mothers of the martyred : meaning and contest in an Iranian war memoir, in: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, London: Taylor & Francis, Jg. 51, Nr. 2, S. 264–279, doi: 10.1080/13530194.2024.2342175.
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British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
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1469-3542
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Year of publication:
2024
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51
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2
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English
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Zahra Husayni’s war memoir Da (2008) is widely recognized as one of the most successful productions of Hawzah-yi Hunari’s Holy Defence oral history project. Focusing on this work and by using a combination of paratextual analysis and close reading, the present article explores the dynamics of meaning-making as a contested phenomenon within the propagandist messaging of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The analysis hinges on the fact that despite the official promotion of this memoir as a tribute to the mothers of martyrs of the Iran-Iraq War, the narratives of these mothers are surprisingly marginalized within the text. Approaching the Holy Defence discourse as a Lyotardian grand narrative, this article raises the question whether in light of this discrepancy, a counter-discursive reading of Da is possible. Exploring this question provides insight into the construction and propagation of meaning in the Holy Defence war memoirs industry in Iran.
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Ḥusainī, Zahrā
Autobiografie
Golfkrieg, 1980-1988
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Iran-Iran War
Propaganda
Holy Defense Literature
Sacred Defense
Publishing in the Islamic Republic
Zahra Hoseyni
Da
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April 19, 2024
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