Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. A Note on Translations and Transliterations 7
4. Preface and Acknowledgements 9
5. Introduction: Minds/Senses 13
6. Transcending the Written Text : From Dava’i’s Sensescapes to Sensorial Promiscuities in a Hafezian Banquet 25
7. Beyond Senses: Rumi’s Mystical Philosophy of Sense Perceptions 49
8. Ta‘ziyeh and Social Jouissance : ‘Beyond the Pleasure’ of Pain in Islamic Passion Play and Muharram Ceremonies 71
9. Seeing Red, Hearing the Revolution: The Multi-Sensory Appeal of Shuresh 99
10. Radical Openness in Forugh Farrokhzad’s The House is Black 129
11. Feminine Sense Versus Common Sense in Two Persian Folktales from Iran : ‘A Girl’s Loyalty’ and ‘Seven Poplar Trees’ 149
12. Sonic Triggers and Fiery Pools : The Senses at War in Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar’s Scorpion 171
13. The Sensorium of Exile: The Case of Elyas Alavi and Gloria Anzaldúa 195
14. Making Sense of the Senses : A Sensory Reading of Moniro Ravanipour’s These Crazy Nights 215
15. Bibliography 243
16. Contributors 259
17. Index 265