{"product_id":"9781784535612","title":"Performing Iran Culture, Performance, Theatre","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePerforming Iran\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCulture, Performance, Theatre\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBabak Rahimi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Middle East \/ Iran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe result of collaborative research from noteworthy dramatists and scholars, this volume investigates the dynamic relationship between culture, performance and theatre in Iran. The studies gathered here examine how various forms of performances, especially theatre, have and continue to undergo change in response to shifting political and social settings from the antiquity to the present day. The analysis in this book focuses on performance practices, examining drama, texts, rituals, plays, music, cinema and drama technologies. This is done in order to show how Iran has been imagined through enactments and representations, and reproduced through these performative actions. The book uses a wider definition of the concept of 'performance', offering analysis of a wide range of phenomena, including indigenous rituals – such as the \u003ci\u003enaqqali \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003etaziyeh\u003c\/i\u003e – and online performances by diaspora communities.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBabak Rahimi \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Religion at the University of California, San Diego, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTheater State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran: Studies on Safavid Muharram Rituals, 1590-1641 C.D. \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), and co-editor of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Media in Iran \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003eWiley Blackwell History of Islam \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), \u003ci\u003eMuslim Pilgrimage in the Modern World \u003c\/i\u003e(2019).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 September 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eI.B. Tauris\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781784535612\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369493856396,"sku":"9781784535612","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_795fbd94-6da3-4357-8352-9ab76e5380a9.jpg?v=1783879336","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781784535612","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}