Return to the Father’s Land: An Iranian Memoir

Abstract

There are numerous memoirs written in the English language by Iranian women and by now we have two generations of memoirists. Memoirs by Iranian women, especially young women, have gained recognition in reviews and interviews beyond the Iranian environment. But there have been relatively few scholarly studies of Iranian diaspora memoirs. Those that are available at this point in time tend to theorize the memoir as a construction of a new space in which to create a sense of belonging. Postcolonial theorist Homi K. Bhabha’s ideas of unhomeliness and hybridity have influenced the theoretical discussion of the Iranian memoir.