Iranian cinema
Subtitle: a political history
By: Hamid Reza Sadr.
Series: International library of Iranian studies -- 7
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Prince Claus Fund Library; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York; The Hague; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781845111472; 9781845111465
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Iran -- History; Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Iran
Description: Beginning with the introduction of cinema to Iran through the Iranian monarchy, this book covers the broad spectrum of Iran's cinema, offering descriptions of the key films and looking at recurring themes and tropes, such as the preponderance of images of childhood, and what these have revealed about Iranian society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-291) and index.