The transformation of Turkey
Subtitle: redefining state and society from the Ottoman Empire to the modern era
By: Fatma Müge Göçek
Series: Library of modern Middle East studies -- v. 103
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd; Brand: Tauris Academic Studies
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781848856110
Subjects: Historiography; Religion; Civilization; Foreign relations; Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Ethnic relations; History
Description: "In the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian society and culture underwent massive changes. Here, Khatereh Sheibani argues that cinema evolved after the national uprising in 1978/79, and ultimately replaced poetry as the dominant form of cultural expression. She presents a comparative analysis of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema as an offshoot of Iranian modernity, and explains its connections with the themes present in traditional Persian poetry and conventional visual arts. She examines the pre-revolutionary film industry - such as Iranian new wave and filmfarsi movies - its styles and themes, and its relation to the emerging cinema after 1978. Sheibani argues that Iranian art cinema, as one of the signifiers and agents of modernity, underwent a cultural revolution by employing the aesthetics of Persian literature and visual arts in a modern context. This is a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on Iranian cinema, politics and culture."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302)  and index