1. International Haggling over Iranian Public Screens

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Organization of the Volumes xxi
6. A Word about Illustrations xxvii
7. Abbreviations xxix
8. 1. International Haggling over Iranian Public Screens 1
9. 2. The Statist Documentary Cinema and Its Alternatives 49
10. 3. Commercial Cinema’s Evolution: From Artisanal Mode to Hybrid Production 147
11. 4. Family Melodramas and Comedies: The Stewpot Movie Genre 197
12. 5. Males, Masculinity, and Power: The Tough-Guy Movie Genre and Its Evolution 261
13. 6. A Dissident Cinema: New-Wave Films and the End of an Era 325
14. Notes 433
15. Bibliography 473
16. Index 497