Women and Documentary Film in Contemporary Iran

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Reframing Reality

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvNajmeh Moradiyan-Rizi

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By merging three (inter)disciplinary areas of documentary film studies, women’s and gender studies, and Iranian studies, this book looks at how Iranian women documentarians have engaged with gender politics and sociocultural and technological changes since the late 1990s to produce a dynamic new range of documentary modes in regard to production, financing, distribution and exhibition, as well as forms and themes. In mapping out the politics and aesthetics of women’s independent documentary film practices in contemporary Iran, Women and Documentary Film in Contemporary Iran: Reframing Reality delineates how women documentarians have incorporated the unique possibilities offered by the documentary medium to perform their agency, subjectivity and creativity, and how the medium of documentary itself has served as a much-needed document of, and advocate for, Iranian women’s issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-10-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399525718

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List of FiguresAcknowledgements Introduction1. Gendering the Documentary Film Industry in Iran: Sites of Production2. Watching Iranian Women’s Documentaries: Sites of Distribution and Exhibition3. Discovering the Self in Autobiographical Documentaries: Sites of Self-Reflection4. Narrating Women’s Lives in Biographical Documentaries: Sites of Recognition5. Advocating for Iranian Women through Documentaries: Sites of NegotiationCodaNotesBibliographyIndex

Women and Documentary Film in Contemporary Iran: Reframing Reality is a refreshing resource, blending theoretical insight with practical experiences. It offers a nuanced understanding of Iranian women’s pivotal role in documentary filmmaking, covering production practices, distribution, autobiographical narratives, and activism. A vital contribution to documentary, gender, and Iranian studies, this book is a must-read for scholars and filmmakers alike.