Negar Mottahedeh: 2 books
Displaced Allegories
Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2008
Following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iran’s film industry, in conforming to the Islamic Republic’s system of modesty, had to ensure that women on-screen were veiled from the view of men. This prevented Iranian filmmakers from making use of the desiring gaze, a staple cinematic system of looking....
#iranelection
Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
The protests following Iran's fraudulent 2009 Presidential election took the world by storm. As the Green Revolution gained protestors in the Iranian streets, #iranelection became the first long-trending international hashtag. Texts, images, videos, audio recordings, and links connected protestors...