Women write Iran : nostalgia and human rights from the diaspora / Nima Naghibi.

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2016.

211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: righting the past -- Claiming Neda -- Human rights, humanitarianism, and empathic witnessing: prison memoirs -- Feeling nostalgic, feeling guilty: remembering Iran in documentary film -- Repetitions of the past: Marjane Satrapi and intergenerational memory -- Revolution, nostalgia, and memory in diasporic Iranian memoirs -- Conclusion: testimonial life narratives: anonymity and visibility.