Shi’i Islam in Iranian Cinema

Religion and Spirituality in Film

Nacim Pak-Shiraz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2011
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-84885-510-6 (ISBN)

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In recent years there has been a remarkable surge in Iranian films expressing contentious issues which would otherwise be very difficult to discuss publicly inside the Islamic Republic of Iran - such as the role of clergy in Iranian society. Nacim Pak-Shiraz here highlights how many Iranian film directors concern themselves with the content of the religious and historical narratives of culture and society, sparking debate about the medium's compatibility or incongruity with religion and spirituality. She explores the various ways that Shi'i discourse emerges on screen, and offers groundbreaking insights into both the role of film in Iranian culture and society, and how it has become a medium for exploring what it means to be Iranian and Muslim after thirty years of Islamic rule. This is invaluable reading students and scholars of Film Studies and contemporary Iranian cinema, but also of the culture and identity of Iran more widely.

Nacim Pak-Shiraz is Lecturer in Film and Persian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She was a lecturer at The Institute of Ismaili Studies between 2007 and 2010, and holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She has also directed and produced The Dream of Flight, a documentary film about Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: Approaches to the Study of Religion and Spirituality in Western Cinema
2: Aims and Methods of Research
3: Socio-Historical Background of the Iranian Context
4: Contemporary Iranian Discourses on Religion and Cinema
5: Filmic Discourses on the Role of the Clergy in Iran
6: Sight, Sound and Sufism: Mystical Islam in Majidi’s Films
7: Thinking Films: Kiarostami, A Poetic Philosopher
8: Cinema as a Reservoir for Cultural memory
Conclusions
Bibliography
Filmography

Zusatzinfo	22 b/w integrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-84885-510-9 / 1848855109
ISBN-13	978-1-84885-510-6 / 9781848855106
Zustand	Neuware