Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. INTRODUCTION XI
5. PART I. PRELUDE TO MIGRATION
6. NATIONALISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY IRAN 1
7. CHRONOLOGY OF THE PAHLAVI ERA AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 8
8. Interview 31
9. Interview 43
10. Interview 47
11. PART II. IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY
12. BEYOND NATIONALITY! RELIGIO-ETHNIC DIVERSITY 57
13. ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES FROM IRAN IN LOS ANGELES 81
14. INTERVIEW 82
15. INTERVIEW 93
16. Jews 99
17. Interview 108
18. Armenians 115
19. Baha'is 125
20. Assyrians 133
21. Zoroastrians 141
22. Kurds 151
23. PART III. FAMILY, GENDER, AND SOCIAL RELATIONS
24. Interview 159
25. IRANIAN WOMEN AND GENDER RELATIONS IN LOS ANGELES 175
26. INTERVIEW 184
27. Interview 218
28. CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CULTURES: YOUNG IRANIAN WOMEN IN LOS ANGELES 223
29. INTERVIEW 224
30. PART IV. WEALTH AND ECONOMICS
31. Interview 231
32. Interview 242
33. WEALTH AND ILLUSIONS OF WEALTH IN THE LOS ANGELES IRANIAN COMMUNITY 247
34. INTERVIEW 248
35. WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: THREE CASE STUDIES OF SMALL BUSINESSES 274
36. Interview 279
37. Interview 293
38. PART V. POLITICAL LIFE
39. IRANIAN PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS IN LOS ANGELES 297
40. PART VI. POPULAR CULTURE
41. POPULAR CULTURE OF IRANIAN EXILES IN LOS ANGELES 321
42. PART VII. THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF IRANGELES
43. IRANGELES: PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEXTS 365
44. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 379
45. INDEX 381