Minorities in Iran: Nationalism and Ethnicity after KhomeiniSpringer, 2013 M02 18 - 267 pages Based on the premise that nationalism is a dominant factor in Iranian identity politics despite the significant changes brought about by the Islamic Revolution, this cross-disciplinary work investigates the languages of nationalism in contemporary Iran through the prism of the minority issue. |
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