Naficy A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4

The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9354-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 631 Seiten

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In the fourth and final volume of A History of Iranian Cinema, Hamid Naficy looks at the extraordinary efflorescence in Iranian film and other visual media since the Islamic Revolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naficy, Hamid

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations xi

Acknowledgments xv

Organization of the Volumes xxi

A Word about Illustrations xxvii

Abbreviations xxix

1. The Resurgence of Nonfiction Cinema: Postrevolutionary Documentaries and Fiction War Films 1

2. Under Cover, on Screen: Women's Representation and Women's Cinema 92

3. All Certainties Melt into Thin Air: Art-House Cinema, a "Postal" Cinema 175

4. Emergent Contestatory Films, Media Culture, and Public Diplomacy 269

5. Iranian, but with a Different Accent: A Cinema of Displacement or a Displaced Cinema? 369

Appendix A: Iranian Films in Distribution 513

Appendix B: Film House of Iran's Film Collection 515

Appendix C: International Film and Video Center Iranian Film Collection 520

Notes 523

Bibliography 559

Index 591

Über Autor(innen)

Hamid Naficy is Professor of Radio-Television-Film and the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in Communication at Northwestern University. He is the author of An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking, The Making of Exile Cultures: Iranian Television in Los Angeles, and (in Persian) Film-e Mostanad, a two-volume history of nonfiction cinema around the world. Naficy helped to launch ongoing annual Iranian film festivals in Los Angeles and Houston.