Hamid Naficy

A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3

The Islamicate Period, 1978-1984

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The third volume of this sweeping series covers the period of the Islamic Revolution and its immediate aftermath. Naficy details the destruction of Irans movie theaters by Revolutionaries, the attempts of amateur and professional filmmakers to capture the action of the Revolution on film in real time, and the post-Revolutionary consolidation of the film industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2012
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780822348658
• ISBN-10: 0822348659
• Artikelnr.: 34161896

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Organization of the Volumes xxi
A Word about Illustrations xxvii
Abbreviations xxix
1. Transition from "Cinema of Idolatry" to "Islamicate Cinema" 1
2. Documenting the Uprising, the Revolution, and the Emerging Opposition 47
3. Consolidating a New "Islamicate" Cinema and Film Culture 115
Appendix 189
Notes 195
Bibliography 217
Index 235