Performing the Iranian state :  visual culture and representations of Iranian identity / 
edited by Staci Gem Scheiwiller. 
 - 1 online resource (259 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Anthem Middle East studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE STAGE / Staci Gem Scheiwiller -- THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCE FOR A QAJAR PAINTING / Donna Stein -- CARTOGRAPHIC DESIRES: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE SHAHR-E FARANG (PEEPSHOW) AND MODERN IRAN  / Staci Gem Scheiwill -- TAKKIYEH DOWLAT: THE QAJAR THEATER STATE /  Babak Rahimi -- FOR THE LOVE OF HER PEOPLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH FARAH DIBA ABOUT THE PAHLAVI PROGRAMS FOR THE ARTS IN IRAN /  Donna Stein -- SHAPING AND PORTRAYING IDENTITY AT THE TEHRAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (1977-2005) /  Alisa Eimen -- SEISMIC SHIFTS ACROSS POLITICAL ZONES IN CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART: THE POETICS OF KNOWLEDGE, KNOWING AND IDENTITY /  Abbas Daneshvari -- PERFORMATIVITY AND RITUAL SPACE IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY TEHRAN /  David Simonowitz -- RECLAIMING CULTURAL SPACE: THE ARTIST'S PERFORMATIVITY VERSUS THE STATE'S EXPECTATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY IRAN /  Hamid Keshmirshekan -- FEMALE TROUBLE: MELANCHOLIA AND ALLEGORY IN CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART /  Andrea D. Fitzpatrick -- PERFORMING VISUAL STRATEGIES: REPRESENTATIONAL CONCEPTS OF FEMALE IRANIAN IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO ART  / Julia Allerstorfer -- PAINTED AND ANIMATED METAPHORS: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST ALIREZA DARVISH  / Mina Zand Siegel and Carmen Pérez González -- IN THE HOUSE OF FATEMEH: REVISITING SHIRIN NESHAT'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES WOMEN OF ALLAH  / Staci Gem Scheiwiller. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857282941 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arts and society--History--Iran--20th century.<br/>Arts and society--History--Iran--21st century.<br/>Arts, Iranian--Political aspects.<br/>Group identity in art.<br/>Group identity in the performing arts.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NX180.S6  / P444 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>700.1/030955