Status
O
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Iran Cinema:Gend/Pol/Rel
Term
2022A
Subject area
NELC
Section number only
401
Section ID
NELC618401
Course number integer
618
Meeting times
TR 03:30 PM-05:00 PM
Meeting location
JAFF B17
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mahyar Entezari
Description
This seminar explores Iranian culture, art, history and politics through film in the contemporary era. We will examine a variety of works that represent the social, political, economic and cultural circumstances of post-revolutionary Iran. Along the way, we will discuss issues pertaining to gender, religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and the function of cinema in present day Iranian society. Films to be discussed will be by internationally acclaimed filmmakers, such as Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Tahmineh Milani, Jafar Panahi, Bahman Ghobadi, among others.
Course number only
618
Cross listings
CIMS118401, GSWS118401, NELC118401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No