The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered its fourth decade, and the values and legacy of the Revolution it was founded upon continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for Iranian life. Despite the repressive power of the current regime the immense creativity of popular cultural practices, that negotiate and resist a repressive system, is a potent and dynamic force. This book draws on the expertise and experience of Iranian and international academics and activists to address diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers an underground world of new technology, media and entertainment that speaks to women seeking a greater public role and a restless younger generation that organizes and engages with global trends online.
A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title selection.
Author(s): Annabelle Sreberny, Massoumeh Torfeh
Series: International Library of Iranian Studies 41
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: viii+288
Tags: Iran;Middle East;History;Reference;Almanacs & Yearbooks;Atlases & Maps;Careers;Catalogs & Directories;Consumer Guides;Dictionaries & Thesauruses;Encyclopedias & Subject Guides;English as a Second Language;Etiquette;Foreign Language Study & Reference;Genealogy;Quotations;Survival & Emergency Preparedness;Test Preparation;Words, Language & Grammar;Writing, Research & Publishing Guides;Cultural;Anthropology;Politics & Social Sciences;Middle Eastern;International & World Politics;Politics & Governme
1 Annabelle Sreberny: Thirty-plus years of the Iranian Revolution. Culture in Contestation
Part I. Social Context and Sexuality
2 Pardis Mahdavi: Iran’s Green Movement in Context
3 Mahmoud Arghavan: Tehrani Cultural Bricolage: Local Traditions and Global Styles of Tehran's Non-Conformist Youth
4 Azadeh Kian: Social and Cultural Change and the Women’s Rights Movement in Iran
5 Mehri Honarbin-Holliday: Emerging Forms of Masculinity in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Part II. Performing Arts and Cinema
6 Liliane Anjo: Contemporary Iranian Theatre: The Emergence of an Autonomous Space
7 Parmis Mozafari: Dance and the Borders of Public and Private Life in Post-revolution Iran
8 Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad: Beyond Gender: Women Filmmakers and Sociopolitical Critique
Part III. Music
9 Bronwen Robertson: 'I am an original Iranian Man': Identity and Expression in Tehran’s Unofficial Rock Music
10 Nahid Siamdoust: Neither 'Islamic' nor a 'Republic': Discourses in Music
Part IV. Representation
11 Vit Šisler:: Digital Heroes: Indentity Construction in Iranian Video Games
12 Katja Föllmer: Satire in the Iranian Media: Development and Diversity
13 Naghmeh Samini: Gendered Taboos in Iran's Text message jokes
14 Alice Bombardier: Iranian Mural Painting: New Trends
15 Anna Vanzan: From the Pen to the Rotary Press: Women Book Publishers in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Part V. Beyond Borders
16 Amin Moghadam: The Other Shore: Iranians in the United Arab Emirates Between Visibility and Invisibility
