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Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity, 1884-1914

Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity, 1884-1914

          
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The life of Taj al-Saltaneh, daughter of the ruler of Iran, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, epitomized the predicaments of her changing era. Overcoming her limited education within the harem walls, Taj chronicled a thirty-year span in the life of a generation that witnessed a shift from traditional order to revolutionary flux. It is as though she had chosen this moment to recall her personal history-a tale filled with "wonder and anguish"-in order to record a cultural and political leap, symbolic of her time, from the indulgent, sheltered, and often petty world of her father's harem to the puzzling and exposed, yet emotionally and intellectually challenging world of a new Iran.

Now almost one hundred years later Taj's memoirs are relevant and qualify her not only as a feminist by her society's standards but also in comparison with feminists of her generation in Europe and America. Beyond her fascination for the material glamors of the West at the turn of the twentieth century-fashion, architecture, furniture, the motorcar-she was also influenced by Western culture's painting, music, history, literature and language. And yet throughout this time she kept her bond with her own literary and cultural heritage and what she calls her "Persianness."

Despite her troubled life of agony-an unloving and harsh mother; a benevolent but self-indulgent father; an adolescent, bisexual husband; separation from her children; financial difficulties; the stigma of leading a libertine lifestyle and the infamy of removing her veil-Taj's is a genuine voice for women's social grievances in late-twentieth century Iran, and one that reveals a remarkable woman in her own right.

This new paperback edition, now also available as an eBook, coincides with the release of the audio book read by the Iranian-American actress Kathreen Khavari. Abbas Amanat, who edited the book, and wrote its superb introduction and historical biographies, has written a new preface that adds details that have emerged since 1993 about Taj al-Saltaneh's tragic life after 1914.




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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781949445206
  • Publisher: Mage Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Mage Publishers
  • Height: 156 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 403 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1949445208
  • Publisher Date: 14 Dec 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity, 1884-1914
  • Width: 234 mm


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