Die Deutschlandbilder iranischer Deutschlernender

What images and stereotypes of Germany, Germans and the German language exist in the minds of Iranian learners of German? Although German has been learnt and taught in Iran for more than a century, the image that Iranians have of Germany has not yet been scientifically investigated.
In her qualitative-empirical study, Parivash Mashhadi analyses the image of Germany held by Iranian learners of German and takes a detailed look at the terms "stereotype" and "image" and how they are differentiated. As the object of investigation the author primarily uses the images of Germany created by her test subjects using the collage technique and the narrative interviews conducted afterwards.