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Iranian Cinema and Globalization

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Despite critical acclaim and a recent surge of popularity with Western audiences, Iranian cinema has been the subject of lamentably few academic studies – and those have by and large been limited t...
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Price: £20.00
Pages: 254
Publisher: Intellect Books Ltd
Imprint: Intellect Books
Publication Date: 03 July 2012
ISBN: 9781841506920
Format: eBook
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PERFORMING ARTS / General, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Globalization
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'Manages to show that cinema allows the global to appear even in the most rarefied local filmmaking practices' 


— Sara Saljoughi

Shahab Esfandiary holds a PhD in critical theory and film studies from the University of Nottingham, where he is currently a lecturer. He is also a freelance documentary maker currently at work on a series titled Transnational Muslims.

Introduction
 
Part I: Theoretical Framework 
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Globalization 
Chapter 2: The Concept of National Cinema: Theorization and Critique 
 
Part II: Iranian Cinema and Globalization
Chapter 3: Iranian Cinema in the World Cinema Circuit: Politics, Economics and Aesthetics 
Chapter 4: Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s ‘Transnational’ Cinema and Globalization 
Chapter 5: Daryush Mehrjui’s ‘National’ Cinema and Globalization 
Chapter 6: Ebrahim Hatami-kia’s ‘Sacred Defense’ Cinema and Globalization 
 
Conclusion