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Stories Beyond History: Translations Beyond Nations

Shouleh Vatanabadi New York University in ParisCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 177-183 | Published online: 24 Jul 2009
 
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 1 CitationWalter Benjamin (1978) Thesis on philosophy of history, in: Hannah Arendt (Ed.) & Harry Zohn (Trans.) Illuminations (New York: Schocken Books), p. 257.

 2 Illuminations, p. 84.

 3 Illuminations, p. 96.

 4 Illuminations, p. 102.

 5 For a very valuable discussion of Walter Benjamin's work on the relationship of history and literature, see Irving Wohlfarth (Citation1981) History, literature and the text: The case of Walter Benjamin, MLN, 96(5), pp. 1002–1014.

 6 This is the title of the first chapter of Edward Said's (Citation1994) Culture and Imperialism (New York: Vintage Books).

 7 Benjamin, Illuminations, p. 98.

 8 A few translated literary works dealing with this subject, from both Iran and Iraq, include: A.W. Lu'lu'a (Trans.) (Citation1982) Battlefront Stories from Iraq (Baghdad: Dar al-Ma'mun for Translation and Publishing); Muhsin Al-Ramni (Citation2003) Scattered Crumbs, Yasmeen Hanoosh (Trans.) (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press); Ahmad Dehqan (Citation2006) Journey to Heading 270 Degrees, Paul Sparchman (Trans.) (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers); Davud Ghaffarzadegan (Citation2008) Fortune Told in Blood, M. R. Ghanoonparvar (Trans.) (Austin: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas); and Fereshteh Sari (2000) Absent soldier, in: M. Khorrami & S. Vatanabadi (Eds & Trans) Citation A Feast in the Mirror: Contemporary Stories by Iranian Women (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner).

 9 Benjamin, Illuminations, p. 89.

10 Gilaneh. Directed by R. Bani-Etemad & M. Abdolvahab, M. Iran: Fadak Films, 2005. (Persian, with English subtitles).

11 Benjamin, Illuminations, p. 87.

12 Illuminations, p. 97.

13 J. Laurier & D. Walsh (Citation2005) An interview with Rakshan Bani-Etemad, co-director of Gilaneh. Available at http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/oct2005/bani-o03.shtml (accessed 3 October 2005).

14 Benjamin, Illuminations, p. 257.

15 Laurier & Walsh, Interview.

16 Laurier & Walsh, Interview

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