contemporary popular culture in the Islamic Republic /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Annabelle Sreberny & Massoumeh Torfeh.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
:I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vi, 287 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
International library of Iranian studies ;
Volume Designation
41
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 that are driving change and progress.