Contact
Secondary Phone: 520-621-2330
Fax: 520-621-2333
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of Arizona
Marshall Bdlg, 845 N Park Ave Rm 440
Tucson
AZ
85721
United States
ABOUT
Kamran Talattof (Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1996) is professor of Persian language and literature and Iranian culture. Many of his research and publication focus on issues of gender, sexuality, ideology, culture, and language pedagogy. He examines how cultural artifacts are created both within and in response to dominant social conditions, political ideologies, and the dominant discourses of sexuality. He traces the connections between literature, culture, and politics. Talattof is the author, co-author, or co-editor of numerous books and articles including the recently Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran: The Life and Legacy of a Popular Female Artist (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2011).
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
Iranian Studies
Persian
Gender/Women's Studies
Islamic Thought
Middle East/Near East Studies
13th-18th Centuries
Language Acquisition
Cinema/Film
Modern
Sexuality
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
All Middle East
Specialties
Literature (Modern And Classical)
Iranian And ME Culture(Ideology And Gender)
Persian Language As Well As Translation
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
French (advanced)
Persian (fluent)
English (fluent)
Education
PhD
| 1996
| NE Stds
| U of Michigan
Abstracts
Ruaki's Poetry and Samanid Culture: Wine, Nation, and Identity
Early Persian Literary Reviews: Reformist, Universalist, and Inconsistent
Faith, Facts, and Fantasy: Nezami's Various Portrayal of the Story of Ascension
In Search of Religion and Dantean Moments in Nezami's Story of Mahan
