Iranian sacred defence cinema
Subtitle: religion, martyrdom and national identity
By: edited by Pedram Khosronejad
Publisher: Sean Kingston Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Canon Pyon, [UK]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781907774171
Subjects: Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988; Motion pictures and the war; War films; History and criticism; Motion pictures; History; Motion pictures in propaganda
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index.
Table of contents: title: The Iran-Iraq War and the creation of Sacred Defence Cinema / Pedram Kosronejad; title: Iranian Sacred Defence cinema and the ambivalent consequences of globalization: a study of the films of Ebrahim Hatamikia / Shahab Esfandyari; title: Language and war symbols in the films of Ebrahim Hatamikia / Michaël Abecassis; title: Iranian war cinema: the art of remembering pain / Sholeh Shahrokhi; title: Images of women in Iranian war cinema: the difficulties in the representation of women in Iranian war films / Pershang Sadegh-Vaziri; title: The aesthetics, techniques and technology of combat in Iranian narrative war films: a historical perspective / Reza Poudeh and Bahman Zonoozi; title: How can faith be filmed on the battlefront and experienced by TV spectators? / Agnès Devictor; title: Iranian war films: entertainment and propaganda / Mohammad R. Ghanoonparvar.