Scholarship · Dojensgara
From inherited images to equal lovers
A literary-historical essay names Boys of Love among different forms of contemporary fiction about same-sex relationships.
- Credited to
- Anahita Hosseini · Persian summary and translation by Bijan Sabbagh
- Publication
- Dojensgara
- Source date
- 17 April 2017
- Published language
- Persian
- This page
- English source guide
Works discussed
Original English editorial guide to the identified source. Critical judgments and reported recollections remain attributed; the complete original stays with its publisher.
A distinction across literary periods
The Dojensgara essay introduces a history of homoerotic writing and LGBT representation in Persian literature. The standfirst credits Bijan Sabbagh with summarising and translating Anahita Hosseini’s English article; the body names Hosseini. Its argument distinguishes relationships structured by unequal age and status in earlier literature from the equal romantic relationships represented by some modern novels. Source 1
In its discussion of recent fiction, the essay sets Boys of Love beside novels by Janan Mirzadeh and Payam Feili, stressing their different literary approaches. It describes Rabihavi’s book as a social novel, within a wider discussion of censorship and the appearance of LGBT characters in works published inside and outside Iran. This is the essay’s historical framing, rather than a claim that those novels share one style or establish an uncontested first. Source 1
Sources & credits
- Dojensgara · From inherited images to equal lovers
17 April 2017. Original source publication; this guide summarises the specifically identified Rabihavi material and preserves its attribution.