Navid Etedali, who is a PhD candidate in American Literary Studies, has co-authored an article titled, “Unmarked Yet Marked: Baldwin’s Resonance in the Works of Khakpour, Nafisi, Mirakhor, and Hakakian” with Yazdan Mahmoudi, published in Ideas: Journal of English Literary Studies.
The article focuses on the influence of Baldwin, rather than a broader range of African American writers, examining how his rhetorical strategies and racial politics are reflected in the essays, interviews, and critical writings of Iranian American authors Porochista Khakpour, Azar Nafisi, Leah Mirakhor and Roya Hakakian. Drawing on racial formation theory as its theoretical framework, the article explores how Baldwin serves as a rhetorical and literary model through which these writers articulate their ambiguous racial positioning.
Read the full article here.
