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• Title:Iranian cinema and globalization : national, transnational and Islamic dimensions / by Shahab Esfandiary.
  
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• Author/Creator:Esfandiary, Shahab.
  
• Published/Created:Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2012.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: PN1993.5.I846 E84 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Motion pictures--Iran--History.
  Motion pictures and globalization--Iran.
  
• Description:xi, 240 p. ; 24 cm.
  
• ISBN:9781841504704 (pbk.)
  184150470X (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
  ch. 1 Making Sense of Globalization
  Introduction
  global field
  Global flows
  framework of the globalization theories
  ch. 2 Concept of National Cinema: Theorization and Critique
  Introduction
  National cinema as `intertextual symptom'
  National cinema as cultural/economic weapon
  National cinema as `the other' of Hollywood
  National cinema as `cultural specificity'
  relevance of `national cinema' in the age of globalization: Arguments for and against
  Conclusion
  pt. II IRANIAN CINEMA AND GLOBALIZATION
  ch. 3 Iranian Cinema in the World Cinema Circuit: Politics, Economics and Aesthetics
  foundations of a `new cinema'
  emergence of Muslim film-makers
  Debate and controversy over international awards
  economics and politics of international festivals
  Selecting the examples
  ch. 4 Mohsen Makhmalbaf's `Transnational' Cinema and Globalization
  Introduction
  Critique of the `transnational institution of art'
  Makhmalbaf: From `the local' to `the transnational'
  Banal transnationalism
  Sex and Philosophy
  Scream of the Ants
  rise and fall of an `idol'
  Transnational film-makers and territorial attachments
  Conclusion
  ch. 5 Daryush Mehrjui's `National' Cinema and Globalization
  Introduction
  complex relation of `the national' and `the Islamic'
  Iranian cinema's new wave and the early impact of globalization
  Mehrjui and the post-revolution circumstances
  Lodgers
  Mum's Guests
  Conclusion
  ch. 6 Ebrahim Hatami-kia's `Sacred Defense' Cinema and Globalization
  Introduction
  Muslim Film-makers: From Makhmalbaf to Hatami-kia
  Scout: Constructing the image of the basiji
  From Karkhe to Rhine: Recognition of `the other'
  Glass Agency: Return of the rebel
  Conclusion
  Conclusion
  Appendices
  Appendix I Interview with Abbas Kiarostami
  Appendix II Interview with Majid Majidi
  Appendix III Interview with Emad Afroogh
  Appendix IV Interview with Mohammad-reza Jafari-jelveh.