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Last Scene Underground
Last Scene Underground: An Ethnographic Novel of Iran | Roxanne Varzi
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[Multiple options] Nothing visible is worth watching. It's in the hidden parts of the city where everything can be seen. Just playing, or acting out? The answer falls on where you stand: above board or underground. Many Iranians by law are forced to act their parts...so then why is theater so dangerous? Theater is a threat when reality is contained.
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Tonight's bath time book, my last read for my Middle Eastern Politics class and the first fiction book of the semester! (Joy!)

BookishMarginalia I'm curious about the concept of an"ethnographic novel" and wonder if there are others that bill themselves thusly. 7y
Shmemilina Yeah, it was definitely something that was commented on in our discussion of it in class. I thought the most interesting reflection was the question of how accurate it can really be given that in this fiction book you can see inside the main character's head, but an anthropologist or ethnographer can never really know when they're getting the whole truth from an interviewee. @BookishMarginalia 7y
BookishMarginalia @Shmemilina I hadn't considered that point but that's would indeed by a big issue. 7y
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