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Warring souls : youth, media, and martyrdom in post-revolution Iran / c Roxanne Varzi.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Varzi, Roxanne, 1971-
Contributor:
Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mass media and youth--Iran.
Mass media and youth.
Youth--Iran--Attitudes.
Youth.
Mass media--Political aspects--Iran.
Mass media.
Popular culture--Political aspects--Iran.
Popular culture.
Islam and politics--Iran.
Islam and politics.
Islam and culture.
Popular culture--Political aspects.
Mass media--Political aspects.
Iran.
Islam and culture--Iran.
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988--Influence.
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.
Physical Description:
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Contents:
Divination : an archeology of the unknown
The image and the hidden master
Mystic states : martyrdom and the making of the Islamic republic
Shooting soldiers, shooting film : the cinema of the Iranian sacred defense
Visionary states : inhabiting the city, inhabiting the mind
Shifting subjects : public law and private selves
Majnun's mask : sex, suicide, and semiotic malfunctioning
The ghost in the machine : (just war?) remainders and reminders of war
Reforming religious identity in post-Khatami Iran
Mehdi's climb.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-268) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
ISBN:
0822337096
0822337215
OCLC:
62393120
Publisher Number:
9780822337218

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