Iranian Cinema and Globalization

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Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Theoretical Framework
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Globalization
    Introduction
    The global field
    Global flows
    A framework of the globalization theories
Chapter 2: The Concept of National Cinema: Theorization and Critique
    Introduction
    National cinema as ’intertextual symptom’
    National cinema as cultural/economic weapon
    National cinema as ’the other’ of Hollywood
    National cinema as ’cultural specificity’
    The relevance of ’national cinema’ in the age of globalization: Arguments for and against
    Conclusion
Part II: Iranian Cinema and Globalization
Chapter 3: Iranian Cinema in the World Cinema Circuit: Politics, Economics and Aesthetics
    The foundations of a ’new cinema’
    The emergence of Muslim film-makers
    Debate and controversy over international awards
    The economics and politics of international festivals
    Selecting the examples
Chapter 4: Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s ’Transnational’ Cinema and Globalization
    Introduction
    Critique of the ’transnational institution of art’
    Makhmalbaf: From ’the local’ to ’the transnational’
    Banal transnationalism
    Sex and Philosophy
    Scream of the Ants
    The rise and fall of an ’idol’
    Transnational film-makers and territorial attachments
    Conclusion
Chapter 5: Daryush Mehrjui’s ’National’ Cinema and Globalization
    Introduction
    The complex relation of ’the national’ and ’the Islamic’
    Iranian cinema’s new wave and the early impact of globalization
    Mehrjui and the post-revolution circumstances
    The Lodgers
    Mum’s Guests
    Conclusion
Chapter 6: Ebrahim Hatami-kia’s ’Sacred Defense’ Cinema and Globalization
    Introduction
    Muslim Film-makers: From Makhmalbaf to Hatami-kia
    The Scout: Constructing the image of the basiji
    From Karkhe to Rhine: Recognition of ’the other’
    Glass Agency: return of the rebel
    Conclusion

Appendix 1: Interview with Abbas Kiarostami
Appendix II: Interview with Majid Majidi
Appendix III: Interview with Emad Afroogh
Appendix IV: Interview with Mohammad-reza Jafari-jelveh
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