Journal of Culture-Communication Studies
Cinematic Construction of Crime and Criminals in Iranian Films

Homayun Moradkhani; Ali Asghar Esmaeilzadeh

Volume 18, Issue 37 , May 2017, , Pages 163-191

https://doi.org/10.22083/jccs.2017.74971.2085

Abstract
  The aim of this paper is the study of crime and criminal images in Iranian Cinema. The main question is that how Iranian films represent issues of crime and criminality. In this study, theoretical framework is representation theory, and analyzed based on 57 films. The films are produced in period between ...  Read More

Representation of Divorce in Iranian Cinema in the 1380s

Mahdi Soltani Gordefaramarzi; Ahmad pakzad

Volume 17, Issue 33 , June 2016, , Pages 79-107

https://doi.org/10.22083/jccs.2016.15429

Abstract
  In this paper, we aim to answer the question of how “divorce” is represented in Iranian movies produced during 1980s. The questions raised in the framework of representation theory. To answer the key question, 21 films which has been made in the decade of 1380, were studied through content ...  Read More

Consumption Representation in Iranian Movies of War (Sacred Defense) Era

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Volume 13, Issue 17 , May 2012, , Pages 76-119

Abstract
  Movies reflect our ideas about fundamental social, economic, and political issues. This paper studies how Iranian movies made during Iraq imposed war on Iran called sacred defense era in Iran, represent consumption of goods. The main question is how Iranian movies represent consumption and how consumption ...  Read More