Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Theoretical Framework Chapter 1: Making Sense of Globalization Chapter 2: The Concept of National Cinema: Theorization and Critique Part II: Iranian Cinema and Globalization Chapter 3: Iranian Cinema in the World Cinema Circuit: Politics, Economics and Aesthetics Chapter 4: Mohsen Makhmalbaf's 'Transnational' Cinema and Globalization Chapter 5: Daryush Mehrjui's 'National' Cinema and Globalization Chapter 6: Ebrahim Hatami-kia's 'Sacred Defense' Cinema and Globalization Conclusion

About the Author

Shahab Esfandiary is a part-time lecturer at Department of Cultural Studies at University of Nottingham.

Reviews

'Manages to show that cinema allows the global to appear even in the most rarefied local filmmaking practices'