Persepolis 2
04.26.05 (10:35 pm) [edit]The trouble that I had when I read Persepolis 1 was that I was uncertain if I knew enough about Iranian politics and the history, especially in the era of turmoil. Since it was promoted as a female (and then as a kid's) point of view and voice to conpemsapte the underrepresentation of Arabic world under the apres 9-11, some people recognized the French graphic memoir came out a couple of years ago here in the US. The work was originally done in French and published France that went even a couple more years back.
Although it does compensate the unfair presumption and stereotype about women in Islam and Arab, the work would rather be called as a voice of the previlaged woman in Iran. I don't dismiss this work but it should have an extra caution; this work does not necessarily describe or illustrate average citizens of the society. This is an undeniable description of what a woman of the previledged class captured but that does not represent the real predicament people faced, especiallly women.
Although those points I made above sour, I enjoy her works. I hurriedly placed a hold on Persepolis 2 when I discovered that it was alreay accessinble in the library of my neighborhood. I would rather call this better than Part 1 because it handles more universal topics of woman that readers can relate to.