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From: smithhemb_at_aol.com
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:46:31 -0400 (EDT)
I wonder if it makes a difference whether you assign both books. Thinking only of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, I had the same qualms as Peter. But then I asked my teenager (for whom Persepolis was required reading last year in 10th grade English) and, apparently, when her class talked about Muslim identity, the students tended to focus on the second book (The Story of a Return). I read the books as they came out in English and experienced each as a separate work, while the kids in her class were given them bound together and treated them as a unified whole, which, I would think, calls for a more nuanced reading than either might get separately.
Sue Hemberger
-----Original Message----- From: K.T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu> To: ccbc-net,Subscribers of <ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu> Sent: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 12:29 pm Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Persepolis
Thanks, Seemi, for clarifying things for us. What you say is not only true of memoirs, but true of literature in general when there are such a limited number of books published in the U.S. from or about people living in Muslim nations. And thanks for the reminded about cultureS.
I do think Marjane Satrapi portrays herself in "Persepolis" as a singular individual, and, as such, I wouldn't expect to find many people exactly like her in any country. But I'm sure you and Peter are right that it all depends on what a reader brings to the book. I'd be curious about what you thought about the book in general, Seemi.
--KT
On 8/8/2014 10:30 AM, Seemi Aziz wrote:
I completely agree with Peter's comments. Yes, KT it may have been difficult for some women and girls but the the path of modernization that Iran was on under Shah's regime was detested by others there which is why the revolution occurred. We always need to be careful when we read memoirs as they are too close and personal memories of ONE person hence very biased and one sides.
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:46:31 -0400 (EDT)
I wonder if it makes a difference whether you assign both books. Thinking only of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, I had the same qualms as Peter. But then I asked my teenager (for whom Persepolis was required reading last year in 10th grade English) and, apparently, when her class talked about Muslim identity, the students tended to focus on the second book (The Story of a Return). I read the books as they came out in English and experienced each as a separate work, while the kids in her class were given them bound together and treated them as a unified whole, which, I would think, calls for a more nuanced reading than either might get separately.
Sue Hemberger
-----Original Message----- From: K.T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu> To: ccbc-net,Subscribers of <ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu> Sent: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 12:29 pm Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Persepolis
Thanks, Seemi, for clarifying things for us. What you say is not only true of memoirs, but true of literature in general when there are such a limited number of books published in the U.S. from or about people living in Muslim nations. And thanks for the reminded about cultureS.
I do think Marjane Satrapi portrays herself in "Persepolis" as a singular individual, and, as such, I wouldn't expect to find many people exactly like her in any country. But I'm sure you and Peter are right that it all depends on what a reader brings to the book. I'd be curious about what you thought about the book in general, Seemi.
--KT
On 8/8/2014 10:30 AM, Seemi Aziz wrote:
I completely agree with Peter's comments. Yes, KT it may have been difficult for some women and girls but the the path of modernization that Iran was on under Shah's regime was detested by others there which is why the revolution occurred. We always need to be careful when we read memoirs as they are too close and personal memories of ONE person hence very biased and one sides.
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