Zia Khoshsirat
Biographic Data
| ID | 10824217 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zia Khoshsirat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zia |
| FAMILY NAME | Khoshsirat |
| SIGNATURE | KHOSHSIRAT Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California California Los Angeles USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2291-0414 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The keys to the garden
This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured by economic exclusion. While historical scholarship has shown how Persian poetry negotiated status in me…
Caspian Languages and Linguistics
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The keys to the garden
This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured by economic exclusion. While historical scholarship has shown how Persian poetry negotiated status in me…
Caspian Languages and Linguistics
Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Bourdieu's capital (1 work) · class boundaries (1 work) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 work) · diasporic identity (1 work) · economic exclusion (1 work) · heritage commodification (1 work) · Iranian diaspora (1 work) · Linguistics and Cultural Studies (1 work) · Linguistics and language evolution (1 work)