A Social History of Iranian Cinema

A Social History of Iranian Cinema vols. 1-4
Book jacket illustration and photo for this book
2011 Book jacket
AuthorHamid Naficy
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFilm, Middle East Studies, Postcolonial and Colonial Studies
GenreHistory
Set inIran and multiple countries
Published2011 to 2012
PublisherDuke University Press
Media typePrint, E-Book
Pages456
ISBN9780822347545
OCLC707726498
WebsiteOfficial website Vol. 1

A Social History of Iranian Cinema is a four volume work covering Iranian cinema from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. The four volumes were released between 2011 and 2012. These volumes were written by filmmaker, writer, and scholar, Hamid Naficy and all four books were published by Duke University Press.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Organization of the books

This work consists of four volumes, each covering a different period in Iranian Cinema history:[7][8]

  • Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897–1941
  • Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978
  • Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984
  • Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010

Accolades

A Social History of Iranian Cinema (2012) was the winner of the Middle Eastern Studies Association's Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award[9] and received an Honorable Mention for the Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.[10] The Persian language translation of the book by Mohammad Shahba won the "Best Translation" Cinema Book Award at the 5th Annual Cinema Book Awards in Tehran, Iran, in February 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Partovi, Pedram (2013). "Reviewed work: A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897–1941, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978, Hamid Naficy". Iranian Studies. 46 (6): 1003–1010. doi:10.1080/00210862.2013.811382. JSTOR 24482908.
  2. ↑ Saljoughi, Sara (2014). "Reviewed work: A Social History of Iranian Cinema, vol. 1: The Artisanal Era, 1879-1941, Hamid Naficy; A Social History of Iranian Cinema, vol. 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941-1978, Hamid Naficy; A Social History of Iranian Cinema, vol. 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978-1984, Hamid Naficy; A Social History of Iranian Cinema, vol. 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984-2010, Hamid Naficy". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 46 (4): 824–826. doi:10.1017/S0020743814001226. JSTOR 43303242.
  3. ↑ Abecassis, Michaël (2012). "Reviewed work: A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897–1941, Hamid Naficy; A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978, Hamid Naficy". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 39 (2): 296–299. doi:10.1080/13530194.2012.709709. JSTOR 23264274.
  4. ↑ Green, Kathryn (2013). "Reviewed work: A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Vol. 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897-1941, Hamid Naficy; A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Vol. 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941-1978, Hamid Naficy". The History Teacher. 46 (2): 310–311. JSTOR 43265179.
  5. ↑ Abecassis, Michaël (2013). "Reviewed work: A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978—1984, Hamid Naficy". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 40 (2): 212–213. doi:10.1080/13530194.2013.777654. JSTOR 23525511.
  6. ↑ Partovi, Pedram (2014). "Reviewed work: A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010, Hamid Naficy". Iranian Studies. 47 (3): 489–492. doi:10.1080/00210862.2013.876281. JSTOR 24483035.
  7. ↑ Publisher's web page (2011). "A Social History of Iranian Cinema". Duke University Press. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
  8. ↑ Langford, Michelle (July 2012). "Hamid Naficy, A Social History of Iranian Cinema". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award". Mesa.arizona.edu. 2013-04-01. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  10. ↑ "SCMS 2013 Conference Program" (PDF). Society for Cinema and Media Studies. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-10.

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