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A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897-1941

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Description for A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897-1941 Paperback. The first of 4 volumes in the definitive history of Iranian film Num Pages: 456 pages, 74 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
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 1 depicts and analyzes the early years of Iranian cinema. Film was introduced in Iran in ... 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

Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822347750
SKU
V9780822347750
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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 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897-1941
“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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