Table of Contents

• Tables and Figures
• Foreword (Nestor Rodriguez)
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction (Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher)
• Part I: Ethnic Identity and Challenges of Integration
  • 1. Adult Children of Professional and Entrepreneurial Immigrants: Second-Generation Iranians in the United States (Mehdi Bozorgmehr and Eric Ketcham)
  • 2. Host Discrimination, Bounded Mobility, and Bounded Belonging: Iranians in Germany (Sahar Sadeghi)
  • 3. Challenges of Integration and Belonging: Iranians in the Netherlands (Halleh Ghorashi)
  • 4. Integration, Cultural Production, and Challenges of Identity Construction: Iranians in Great Britain (Kathryn Spellman and Reza Gholami)
  • 5. Transmigration, Proximity, and Sociopolitical Disconnection: Iranians in the United Arab Emirates (Behzad Sarmadi)
• Part II: Creative Cultural Activities and (Re)construction of Culture and Ethnic Identity)
  • 6. Construction of National Identity through Ethnic Poetry, Film, and Play: Iranians in Australia (Sanaz Fotouhi)
  • 7. Diaspora and Literary Production: Iranians in France (Laetitia Nanquette)
  • 8. Diaspora and Ethnic Identity Construction and Negotiation through Literary Production: Iranians in Italy (Alice Miggiano)
  • Conclusion: Prospect for Integration of Iranians and Questions for Future Research (Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher)
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index

About the Author

MOHSEN MOSTAFAVI MOBASHER is an associate professor of anthropology and sociology at the University of Houston–Downtown. He is the author of Iranians in Texas: Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity and coeditor of Migration, Globalization, and Ethnic Relations: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Reviews

"One of the most significant contributions of the book is the demonstration of a pervasive disjuncture between Iranian assimilation efforts—through language, education, occupation, residence, and intermarriage—and their consistently undervalued status within host countries."
*Choice*

"Iranian Diaspora is an important book that provides valuable insights into the Iranian immigrant experience."
*Middle East Quarterly*

"Mobasher's edited volume is a valuable contribution to the study of the Iranian diaspora. The chapters offer important insights into the variety of experiences of Iranian migrants, and will be of interest to scholars of diaspora, identity formation, and immigration."
*Mashriq & Mahjar*

"[The Iranian Diaspora] provides an invaluable contribution to diaspora literature..Mobasher’s edited volume is an important work that personalizes the voices of first- and second-generation Iranians in diaspora in different parts of the world. His book will be a classic."
*Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies*