Popular Iranian Cinema Before the Revolution Family and Nation in Filmfarsi

Informationen zum Autor Pedram Partovi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the American University Zusammenfassung This book sheds light on the prolific but little studied Iranian popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s. Critics generally dismiss such films, best known for their songs and melodramatic plots, as shallow, derivative entertainment. The sarcastic moniker filmfarsi (“Persian film”) was even employed to refer to the popular Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Imagining Iran in Popular Film 2. Making Popular Film in Iran 3. Heroes and Heroines of the Nation 4. Martyrdom and Self-Sacrifice 5. Exile 6. Fate and Agency Concluding Remarks Bibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pedram Partovi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia
• EAN: 9780367885403
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88540-3
• Numero di pagine: 234
• Serie: Iranian Studies
• Categorie: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, melodrama studies, martyrdom in media, popular film historiography, Pahlavi era cinema, secular nationalism critique, Iranian film history, cultural modernity Iran