Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4

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 iden...