Iranians in London Voices of Exile /

• Main Author: Sekechi, Mahnaz (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in the Psychosocial,
• Subjects: Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Political sociology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Psychosocial Studies.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Self and Identity.; Political Sociology.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This book addresses the experiences of middle-class Iranians who left Iran after the revolution of 1979, and have since been living in London. The author explores both 'voluntary' movement (immigration) and 'enforced' movement (exile) to better understand the experiences of '...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Historical Context: the Iranian Revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries and the Struggle for Freedom
• 3 Theoretical Framework: Migration, Diaspora, Social Suffering and Encapsulated Sadness
• 4 Gol: Flight to Freedom
• 5 Mahmoud: 'The Sorrow which has no Vent in Tears may make other Organs Weep'
• 6 Sahel: 'Learning is Very Important to Me - Maybe it's This Issue that Keeps me Alive'
• 7 Comparing Experiences Across the Stories: Loss and Belonging
• 8 Conclusion.