Language: English
Pages: 294
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Living with globalization and the Islamic state: An introduction to media, culture, and society in Iran......Page 18
Part I: New and old media in Iran......Page 32
1 The Iranian press, state, and civil society......Page 34
2 The politics of the Internet in Iran......Page 54
3 Youth, politics, and media habits in Iran......Page 74
4 The language of rock: Iranian youth, popular music, and national identity......Page 86
5 The politics of satellite television in Iran......Page 111
6 The Iranian moral panic over video: A brief history and a policy analysis......Page 128
7 Sociolinguistic aspects of Persian advertising in post-revolutionary Iran......Page 147
8 Trends in contemporary Persian poetry......Page 169
9 Iranian émigré cinema as a component of Iranian national cinema......Page 184
10 Iranian cinema and the critique of absolutism......Page 210
Part II: Religion, state, and culture......Page 222
11 Fundamentalism, gender, and the discourses of veiling (Hijab) in contemporary Iran......Page 224
12 Religious intellectualism, globalization, and social transformation in Iran......Page 240
13 Secularization in Iranian society......Page 255
Part III: Epilogue......Page 272
14 Epilogue: Whither Iran?......Page 274
Index......Page 287
