Urban and visual culture in contemporary Iran : non-visibility and the politics of everyday presence /
Urban and Visual Culture in Contemporary Iran argues that everyday life in Iran is a rich domain of social existence and cultural production. Regular patterns of everyday practice in Iran are imbued with multiple forms of expressivity that are unmarked and inconspicuous, but have remarkable critical...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Visual Arts,
2020.
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| Summary: | Urban and Visual Culture in Contemporary Iran argues that everyday life in Iran is a rich domain of social existence and cultural production. Regular patterns of everyday practice in Iran are imbued with multiple forms of expressivity that are unmarked and inconspicuous, but have remarkable critical value for a cultural study of contemporary society. Blended into the rhythms of everyday life, they create nonconformities to be lived in public in subtle ways and suggest nonconfrontational modes of resistance to the established societal norms and structures. This book focuses on such creative forces of everyday life in Iran as they are lived in space, visualized in cultural forms and communicated through media. In its analysis of familiar everyday experiences, the book covers a wide range of ordinary practices, such as walking, driving, shopping and doing or watching sports, and spatial conditions, such as streets, cars, rooftops, leftover spaces, shopping centers and stadiums. It also covers a variety of cultural formations, including films, photography, architecture, literature, visual arts, television programs, YouTube videos and other online platforms. The book offers new ways of thinking about visual and urban cultures by highlighting a politics of everyday life that is conditioned on concerns over visibility and presence. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-198) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781788311977 1788311973 |