A colourful presence : the evolution of women's representation in Iranian cinema / by Maryam Ghorbankarimi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghorbankarimi, Maryam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Iran.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

This book analyzes the changes in the representation of women in Iranian cinema since the 1960's, and investigates the reasons and motives for this. Iranian cinema, both before and after the Islamic Revolution, has been closely monitored by the ruling power, and has been utilized to relay messages and information that comply with the ruling ideology.However, it was only after the 1979 Revolution and the subsequent legitimization of cinema by the Islamic rule that cinema became widely accessible to the general public. Within this context, this book explores the changing roles of women in film pr

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

A Note on Transliteration and Style

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Conclusion

Bibliography

Filmography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and filmographies.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8469-3

OCLC:

927160075