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Ghaffarian, S. (1987). Iranians in the twin cities. Journal
of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, 7, 117-
123.
In the journal entry written by Ghaffarian, he discussed a study conducted on a group of Iranian women that migrated to Los Angeles. There were hypothesis regarding the age, education, and the duration of time it would take for a woman to acculturate into the western views of America that were much more liberal than the religious and traditional views of these womens culture.
Hanassab, Shideh. (1991). Acculturation and Young Iranian
Women; Attitudes Toward Sex Roles and Intimate
Relationships. Journal of Multicultural Counseling &
Development. Vol. 19, Issue 1
Hanassab found that in the study of acculturation to American culture, the more acculturated a woman was, the more liberal their attitudes became towards sex roles and intimate relationships. The longer a woman was away from Iran, the higher the level of acculturation was that had taken place because of the longer exposure and influence of the Western culture.
Sefa Dei, G. (1998).Language, Education and Development:
Case Studies from the
Southern Contexts. Commission on Sustainable Development.
Language plays a crucial role in maintaining the persons original ways of living and culture. When a persons language is taken away or forced onto them, they lose their identity. With collective and individual identities developing, many non-Persian citizens of Iran can not read and write in their own language or mother tongue. Many Iranian citizens are “linguistic orphans and speakers of an orphan tongue.”