Description:
Winner of the 2008 Latifeh Yarshater Award from the Persian Heritage Foundation
Brief description: Negar Mottahedeh has published articles in the Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies, Traditions in World Cinema, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society among others. She is assistant professor at Duke University.
Review Quotes: A welcome addition to the growing and exciting body of scholarship in the fields of Iranian studies, Middle East studies, gender studies, Iranian cinema, and cultural studies. Its author is a rising star in the field.-- "Farzaneh Milani, professor of Persian literature and women's studies, University of Virginia"