Cultural revolution in Iran : contemporary popular culture in the Islamic Republic /

Cultural revolution in Iran : contemporary popular culture in the Islamic Republic / edited by Annabelle Sreberny & Massoumeh Torfeh.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered its fourth decade, and the legacy of the Revolution it was founded upon continue to have a profound consequence on Iranian life. This book draws on the expertise of Iranian and international academics to address diverse areas of social and cultural innovation...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Sreberny, Annabelle (Editor), Torfeh, Massoumeh (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Series:International library of Iranian studies ; 41.
Subjects:
Since 1979
Civilization.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Iran > History > Revolution, 1979.
Iran > Politics and government > 1979-1997.
Iran > Politics and government > 1997-
Iran > Civilization > 21st century.
Iran > Social conditions > 1997-
Iran.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Thirty-plus years of the Iranian revolution: culture and contestation / Annabelle Sreberny
  • Part 1. Social context and sexuality
  • Iran's green movement in context / Pardis Mahdavi
  • Tehrani cultural bricolage: local traditions and global styles of Tehran's non-conformist youth / Mahmoud Arghavan
  • Social and cultural change and the women's rights movement in Iran / Az̜adeh Kian
  • Emerging forms of masculinity in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Mehri Honarbin-Holliday
  • Part 2. Performing arts and cinema
  • Contemporary Iranian theatre: the emergence of an autonomous space / Liliane Anjo
  • Dance and the borders of public and private life in post-revolution Iran / Parmis Maz̜afari
  • Beyond gender: women filmmakers and sociopolitical critique / Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad
  • Part 3. Music
  • 'I am an original Iranian man': identity and expression in Tehran's unofficial rock music / Bronwen Robertson
  • Neither 'Islamic' nor a 'Republic': discourses in music / Nahid Siamdoust
  • Part 4. Representation
  • Digital heroes: identity construction in Iranian video games / Vit Šisler
  • Satire in the Iranian media: development and diversity / Katja Föllmer
  • Gendered taboos in Iran's text message jokes / Naghmeh Samini
  • Iranian mural painting: new trends / Alice Bombardier
  • From the pen to the rotary press: women book publishers in post-revolutionary Iran / Anna Vanz̨an
  • Part 5. Beyond borders
  • The other shore: Iranians in the United Arab emirates between visibility and invisibility / Amin Moghadam.

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