A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897-1941 Book

Contents

Illustrations....................xi
Acknowledgments....................xv
Organization of the Volumes....................xxi
A Word about Illustrations....................xxvii
Abbreviations....................xxix
1 The Resurgence of Nonfiction Cinema: Postrevolutionary Documentaries and Fiction War Films....................1
2 Under Cover, on Screen: Women's Representation and Women's Cinema....................93
3 All Certainties Melt into Thin Air: Art-House Cinema, a "Postal" Cinema....................175
4 Emergent Contestatory Films Media Culture, and Public Diplomacy....................269
5 Iranian, but with a Different Accent: A Cinema of Displacement or a Displaced Cinema?....................369
Appendix A: Iranian Films in Distribution (c. 2005)....................513
Appendix B: Film House of Iran's Film Collection....................517
Appendix C: International Film and Video Center Iranian Film Collection....................520
Notes....................523
Bibliography....................559
Index....................591