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E/MD/16. Veil and the Gaze: Representation of Women in Post Revolutionary Iranian Cinema

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2006
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The paper examines the cinema portrayals of women in Iran after the 1979 revolution offering a historical insight into the cultural aspects of Iranian films, female representations under Islam, etc. The changes brought about by the revolution and the recent developments in the Iranian film industry are analysed including the techniques of expressing intimacy between characters, the promotion of veil in films, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Iranian films, veil, female, woman, Islam,

 
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