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Title Media, culture and society in Iran : living with globalization and the Islamic state / edited by Mehdi Semati.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Iranian studies ; 4
Iranian studies (London, England) ; 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Living with globalization and the Islamic state : an introduction to media, culture, and society in Iran / Mehdi Semati -- The Iranian press, state, and civil society / Gholam Khiabany -- The politics of the Internet in Iran / Babak Rahimi -- Youth, politics, and media habits in Iran / Kavous Seyed-Emami -- The language of rock : Iranian youth, popular music, and national identity / Laudan Nooshin -- The politics of satellite television in Iran / Fardin Alikhah -- The Iranian moral panic over video : a brief history and a policy analysis / Mahmood Shahabi -- Sociolinguistic aspects of Persian advertising in post-revolutionary Iran / Mohammad Amouzadeh, Manoochehr Tavangar -- Trends in contemporary Persian poetry / Alireza Anushiravani, Kavoous Hassanli -- Iranian émigré cinema as a component of Iranian national cinema / Hamid Naficy -- Iranian cinema and the critique of absolutism / Zohreh T. Sullivan -- Fundamentalism, gender, and the discourses of veiling (Hijab) in contemporary Iran / Fatemeh Sadeghi -- Religious intellectualism, globalization, and social transformation in Iran / Abbas Varij Kazemi -- Secularization in the Iranian society / Yousef Ali Abazari, Abbas Varij Kazemi, Mehdi Faraji -- Epilogue : Whither Iran? / Majid Tehranian.
Summary Arguing that existing perspectives on contemporary Iran have not fully grasped the significant role of culture in Iran, this book examines modern culture and media in Iran through a wide range of topics.
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Subject Mass media -- Social aspects -- Iran.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Iran.
Popular culture -- Iran.
Popular culture.
Islam and culture -- Iran.
Islam and culture.
Islam and secularism -- Iran.
Islam and secularism.
Globalization -- Social aspects -- Iran.
Globalization -- Social aspects.
Social change -- Iran.
Social change.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Added Author Semati, Mehdi.
In: EBL
Other Form: Print version: Media, culture and society in Iran. London ; New York : Routledge, 2008 9780415772167 0415772168 (DLC) 2007012485 (OCoLC)122423896
ISBN 9780203934838 (electronic book)
0203934830 (electronic book)
9786611007867
6611007865
9780415772167 (hardback)
0415772168 (hardback)
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