A SOCIAL HISTORY OT IRANIAN CINEMA, VOL. 2

Hamid Naficy is one of the worlds leading authorities on Iranian film, and A Social History of Iranian Cinema is his magnum opus. C overing the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explai ns Irans peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national id entity in Iran. This comprehensive social history unfolds across four volumes, each of which can be appreciated on its own.