Colorblind by Amy Motlagh - 9781503646063

Name: Colorblind by Amy Motlagh - 9781503646063
Brand: Stanford University Press

Stanford University Press

ColorblindRacial Thinking and Cultural Production in Modern Iran and the Diaspora\nAuthor(s): Amy Motlagh\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503646063, 978-1503646063\nSynopsis\nWith this book, Amy Motlagh considers how racial thinking underpins cultural practices in Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Despite cultural traditions depicting black people and the documented presence of black Iranians, many have insisted that race is not an important aspect of Iranian culture, that \""blackness\"" does not exist in Iran. Instead, it is the notion of being \""Persian\"" that binds all Iranians together. But, as Motlagh argues, the word \""Persian\"" masks a long racial history that depends on the specter of blackness to define what is truly Iranian.\n\nColorblind critically examines how these concepts express themselves in folklore, ethnography, literature, and films to show how understandings of race and slavery .