| Description |
1 online resource (x, 474 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Duke backfile |
| Contents |
Speaking after Zarathustra : ritual, epic, and philosophical forms of reason -- Yasna : performative ritual, narrative mnemonic -- Shahnameh : parable logic -- Coda : illuminationism, philosophical allegory -- Seeing after film : textual and cinematic forms of ethical reason -- Awaiting the revolution : surrealism Persian style -- Filmic judgment and cultural critique : the work of art, ethics and religion in post-revolution Iranian cinema -- War again : Qandahar, 911 -- figure and discourse in Iranian cinematic writing -- Coda : balancing acts (after 9/11) -- Beyond "Mobile Armies of Metaphors": Scheherezade films the games |
| Summary |
A leading anthropologist examines Iranian media in its cultural and historical contexts, situating it between older oral narratives and currently proliferating postmodern forms |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-448) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| SUBJECT |
Zarathustra. swd |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Iran -- History.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Civilization
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Motion pictures
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Literatur
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Kultur
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Film
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067884
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| Subject |
Iran
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Iran
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822385516 |
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0822385511 |
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1283023725 |
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9781283023726 |
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9786613023728 |
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6613023728 |
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