Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian
film, and "A Social History of Iranian Cinema" is his magnum opus.
Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and
addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it
explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the
role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national
identity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across
four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.
"Volume 1" depicts and analyzes the early years of Iranian
cinema. Film was introduced in Iran in 1900, three years after the
country's first commercial film exhibitor saw the new medium in
Great Britain. An artisanal cinema industry sponsored by the ruling
shahs and other elites soon emerged. The presence of women, both on
the screen and in movie houses, proved controversial until 1925,
when Reza Shah Pahlavi dissolved the Qajar dynasty. Ruling until
1941, Reza Shah implemented a Westernization program intended to
unite, modernize, and secularize his multicultural, multilingual,
and multiethnic country. Cinematic representations of a
fast-modernizing Iran were encouraged, the veil was outlawed, and
dandies flourished. At the same time, photography, movie
production, and movie houses were tightly controlled. Film
production ultimately proved marginal to state formation. Only four
silent feature films were produced in Iran; of the five
Persian-language sound features shown in the country before 1941,
four were made by an Iranian expatriate in India.
"A Social History of Iranian Cinema
""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
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