{"product_id":"colorblind-racial-thinking-and-cultural-production-in-modern-iran-and-the-diaspora-paperback","title":"Colorblind: Racial Thinking and Cultural Production in Modern Iran and the Diaspora - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Motlagh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book, Amy Motlagh considers how racial thinking underpins cultural practices in Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Despite cultural traditions depicting black people and the documented presence of black Iranians, many have insisted that race is not an important aspect of Iranian culture, that \"blackness\" does not exist in Iran. Instead, it is the notion of being \"Persian\" that binds all Iranians together. But, as Motlagh argues, the word \"Persian\" masks a long racial history that depends on the specter of blackness to define what is truly Iranian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eColorblind\u003c\/i\u003e critically examines how these concepts express themselves in folklore, ethnography, literature, and films to show how understandings of race and slavery have moved from home country to host, and from host to home. In particular, ambivalence surrounding the concepts of \"race\" and \"blackness\" prevents Iranians from fully interrogating their own racial thinking, even while some diasporic Iranians position themselves as racially liminal and non-white. By closely examining these efforts, as well as the cultural and historical foundations they were built on, this book reveals how ideas about race and slavery in Iran have forged a specific conception of modern Iranian cultural identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Motlagh\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair in Persian Language and Literature at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBurying the Beloved: Marriage, Realism, and Reform in Modern Iran\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034265448749,"sku":"9781503646063","price":46.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/n9DycgBsN69781503646063.webp?v=1777657835","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/colorblind-racial-thinking-and-cultural-production-in-modern-iran-and-the-diaspora-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}