Cultural Revolution in Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic (International Library of Iranian Studies, 41)

edited by Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh

ISBN 10: 1780760892 / ISBN 13: 9781780760896

Published by London : I.B.Tauris, 2013

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vi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cultural Revolution in Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic (International Library of Iranian Studies, 41)
• Publisher: London : I.B.Tauris
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780760892
• ISBN 13: 9781780760896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Middle East
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered its fourth decade, and the values and legacy of the Revolution it was founded upon continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for Iranian life. Despite the repressive power of the current regime the immense creativity of popular cultural practices, that negotiate and resist a repressive system, is a potent and dynamic force. This book draws on the expertise and experience of Iranian and international academics and activists to address diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers an underground world of new technology, media and entertainment that speaks to women seeking a greater public role and a restless younger generation that organises and engages with global trends online.

About the Author

Annabelle Sreberny is Professor of Global Media and Communications and Director of the Centre for Media and Film Studies at SOAS, University of London. Massoumeh Torfeh is Research Associate in the Centre for Media and Film Studies at SOAS, University of London. She was previously a senior producer for the BBC World Service.