Global changes in capital, power, technology and the media have caused shifts in how we define home and community. This book examines perceptions of home and exile. Critics discuss the ways film, television, music, and computer and electronic media are shaping identities and cultures in an increasingly globalized world.
Global changes in capital, power, technology and the media have caused shifts in how we define home and community. This book examines perceptions of h...
In An Accented Cinema, Hamid Naficy offers an engaging overview of an important trend--the filmmaking of postcolonial, Third World, and other displaced individuals living in the West. How their personal experiences of exile or diaspora translate into cinema is a key focus of Naficy's work. Although the experience of expatriation varies greatly from one person to the next, the films themselves exhibit stylistic similarities, from their open- and closed-form aesthetics to their nostalgic and memory-driven multilingual narratives, and from their emphasis on political agency to their...
In An Accented Cinema, Hamid Naficy offers an engaging overview of an important trend--the filmmaking of postcolonial, Third World, and othe...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.
"Volume 2" spans the period of Mohammad Reza Shah's rule, from 1941 until...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.
"Volume 1" depicts and analyzes the early years of Iranian cinema. Film was...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.
In "Volume 3," Naficy assesses the profound effects of the Islamic...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.
The extraordinary efflorescence in Iranian film, TV, and the new media...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.
In "Volume 3," Naficy assesses the profound effects of the Islamic...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.
The extraordinary efflorescence in Iranian film, TV, and the new media...
Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus. Covering the late...
