Bijan

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Vahideh Aboukazemi

Abstract

‘Bijan’ is a representation of personal experiences from the days of the Iranian Revolution and my involvement in student political activism; an interpretation of ‘a moment of crisis’ and ‘abjection’. Abjection, as developed by Julia Kristeva, ‘is what disturbs identity, system, order’. Recalling past events and people from a time of living through utter abjection, causes narrative to disrupt and shatter around the theme of suffering, making my narrative representations fragmented, ambiguous and discontinuous.

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New Writing (Peer Reviewed)
Author Biography

Vahideh Aboukazemi, Macquarie University

Vahideh Aboukazemi is a PhD researcher in Critical and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University. She is working on a project about imprisonment experiences (1981–1986) in Iran.

References

Hassan-Abadi, A., Solitary Confinement, Forogh Danesh, Tehran, 2008.