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10%OFFHamid Naficy - A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978 - 9780822347743 - V9780822347743
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A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978

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Description for A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978 Paperback. Social history of Iranian cinema that explores cinema's role in creating national identity and contextualizes Iranian cinema within an international arena. Num Pages: 560 pages, 83 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 798.
Hamid Naficy is one of the world’s leading authorities on Iranian film, and A Social History of Iranian Cinema is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran’s peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.

Volume 2 spans the period of Mohammad Reza Shah’s rule, from 1941 until 1978. During this time Iranian ... Read more

A Social History of Iranian Cinema
Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897–1941
Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978
Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984
Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822347743
SKU
V9780822347743
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About Hamid Naficy
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 ... Read more

Reviews for A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978
“While the first two volumes that I have had the pleasure to review here are indeed comprehensive, covering great depth and breadth, I find Naficy to be a very open, collegial scholar whose work certainly does not close down the field. Rather, at times, Naficy openly signals that more research is still to be conducted into certain areas ensuring that ... Read more

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