Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem

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

The life of Taj al-Saltana, daughter of the ruler of Iran, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, epitomized the predicaments of her changing era. Overcoming her limited edu-cation 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 cul-ture'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."
Country USA
Brand Mage Publishers
Manufacturer Mage Pub
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber b/w photos
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780934211369
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Mage Publishers
Manufacturer	Mage Pub
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	b/w photos
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780934211369
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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

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