2024-03-28T09:26:23Zhttps://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/oai/requestoai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/4062018-12-19T18:24:20Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
A report on the XIX IAMHIST Congress, Leipzig, 18-22 July 2001
Tibbetts, John C.
Welsh, James M.
2005-05-05T20:24:32Z
2005-05-05T20:24:32Z
2002-03
Preprint
Tibbetts, JC; Welsh, JM. A report on the XIX IAMHIST Congress, Leipzig, 18-22 July 2001. HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF FILM RADIO AND TELEVISION. March 2002, 22(1):83-92.
ISI:000174493400008
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/406
en_US
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01439685.asp
openAccess
CARFAX PUBLISHING
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The Spatial Self: Location-Based Identity Performance on Social Media
Schwartz, Raz
Halegoua, Germaine R.
Facebook
Foursquare
Identity
Instagram
Location-based social media
Performance
Social media
Spatial self
This is the author's final manuscript. Copyright 2014 SAGE Publications
As a growing number of social media platforms now include location information from their users, researchers are confronted with new online representations of individuals, social networks, and the places they inhabit. To better understand these representations and their implications, we introduce the concept of the “spatial self”: a theoretical framework encapsulating the process of online self-presentation based on the display of offline physical activities. Building on previous studies in social science, humanities, and computer and information science, we analyze the ways offline experiences are harnessed and performed online. We first provide an encompassing interdisciplinary survey of research that investigates the relationships between location, information technology, and identity performance. Then, we identify and characterize the spatial self as well as examine its occurrences through three case studies of popular social media sites: Instagram, Facebook, and Foursquare. Finally, we offer possible research directions and methodological considerations for the analysis of geocoded social media data.
2015-11-19T15:55:02Z
2015-11-19T15:55:02Z
2014-04-09
Article
Schwartz, R., and G. R. Halegoua. "The Spatial Self: Location-based Identity Performance on Social Media." New Media & Society 17.10 (2014): 1643-660. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444814531364
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/18944
10.1177/1461444814531364
openAccess
SAGE Publications
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John Tibbetts Oral History Interview
Tibbetts, John C.
Healey, Elspeth
This is an oral history interview with John C. Tibbetts, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Kansas, recorded at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library on February 13, 2018.
Interviewer: Elspeth Healey, Associate Librarian, Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
The guide to the John C. Tibbetts' Portraits Collection in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas is available at http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.sc.tibbettsjohnportraits.xml
The interview concerns Professor Tibbetts's decades-long practice of preparing portraits (in gouache or pen and ink) in anticipation of the interviews he conducts with figures from the worlds of film, theatre, music, and literature. Professor Tibbetts has donated these portraits, signed by the notable figures they depict, to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. In this interview, Tibbetts discusses his artistic training and style and his approach to portraiture and interviewing, and he recounts anecdotes from several of his celebrity interviews.
2018-03-13T19:48:43Z
2018-03-13T19:48:43Z
2018-02-13
Recording, oral
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26178
http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.sc.tibbettsjohnportraits.xml
openAccess
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Programa Ibermedia: Cine Transnacional Ibero-Americano O Relaciones Públicas Para España?
Falicov, Tamara L.
Ibermedia
Cine Transnacional
Cine Latinoamericano
Industrias Culturales Ibero-americanas
This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reflexiones/article/view/1504
El Programa Ibermedia (de aquí en adelante, Ibermedia) es un fondo de co-producción de films auspiciado por España, Portugal y dieciocho países miembros en Latino América. Su propósito es promover el desarrollo de proyectos dirigidos al mercado de Ibero-América. Fundado principalmente por España
y ubicado allí, este fondo para films recibe fondos de cada país miembro para ser incluidos en un fondo audiovisual Ibero-Americano. Este trabajo explora el mecanismo del fondo de co-producción para comprender cómo los imperativos económicos determinan las explicaciones cuando se incluyen actores españoles en films Latino Americanos, para así cumplir con los requisitos “técnicos-artísticos” de una co-producción Ibero-Americana. Mientras que el Programa Ibermedia ha resultado ser una exitosa fuente de fondos, especialmente para los países menos desarrollados de Latino America, se han hecho observaciones críticas que sugieren que España es el mayor beneficiario de todos.
2014-07-16T19:59:26Z
2014-07-16T19:59:26Z
2012
Article
Tamara L. Falicov. (2012). Programa Ibermedia: Cine Transnacional Ibero-Americano O Relaciones Públicas Para España? Revista Reflexiones 91(1):299-312.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/14776
es
http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reflexiones/ article/view/1504
openAccess
Universidad de Costa Rica
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/4132018-05-23T17:39:46Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Between the Map and the Painted Landscape: Kevin Brownlow’s Historical Films
Tibbetts, John C.
2005-05-16T14:32:20Z
2005-05-16T14:32:20Z
2000-06
Preprint
Tibbetts, JC. Kevin Brownlow's historical films: 'It Happened Here' (1965) and 'Winstanley' (1975). HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF FILM RADIO AND TELEVISION. June 2000. 20(2):227-251
ISI:000088406200004
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/413
en_US
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01439685.asp
openAccess
CARFAX PUBLISHING
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After the fall: revisioning the Cold War - a report on the XVIIth IAMHIST conference, July 25-31, 1997, Salisbury, MD
Tibbetts, John C.
2005-05-02T20:57:16Z
2005-05-02T20:57:16Z
1998-03
Preprint
Tibbetts, JC. After the fall: revisioning the Cold War - a report on the XVIIth IAMHIST conference, July 25-31, 1997, Salisbury, MD. HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF FILM RADIO AND TELEVISION. March 1998. 18(1):111-122
ISI:000072799900005
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/397
10.1080/01439689800260051
en_US
openAccess
CARFAX PUBL CO
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/189432018-05-23T17:37:13Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Calling all “Fiberhoods”: Google Fiber and the Politics of Visibility
Halegoua, Germaine R.
Google Fiber
Broadband infrastructure
Urban informatics
Kansas City
Transformation
This is the author accepted manuscript. Copyright 2015 SAGE Publications
This essay examines the promise of transformation and initial outcomes of Google’s “Fiber for Communities” project in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Through a discourse analysis of industry and popular press, press releases, Google’s official blog and YouTube channel, and user-generated content from Kansas City residents from 2010-2012, the essay highlights the ways in which Google promised to transform the image and significance of Kansas City, upgrade experiences of internet access and use, and experiment with new deployment models for large scale fiber optic infrastructure in the US. However, the author focuses on how the process of transformation rendered certain pre-existing digital divides and inequities more visible rather than erasing them.
2015-11-19T15:44:44Z
2015-11-19T15:44:44Z
2014
Article
Halegoua, G. "Calling All 'fiberhoods': Google Fiber and the Politics of Visibility." International Journal of Cultural Studies 18.3 (2014): 311-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877913513690
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/18943
10.1177/1367877913513690
openAccess
SAGE Publications
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/317122023-03-04T07:07:25Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Policies Seek to Attract Filmmakers to Latin America
Falicov, Tamara L.
2021-06-28T16:23:43Z
2021-06-28T16:23:43Z
2021-06-22
Article
Falicov, Tamara L. “Policies Seek to Attract Filmmakers to Latin America” Daily Brief, Oxford Analytica, June 22, 2021
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/31712
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8310-8898
https://dailybrief.oxan.com/Analysis/DB262235/Policies-seek-to-attract-film-makers-to-Latin-America
openAccess
Copyright: Oxford Analytica 2021. All rights reserved. No duplication or transmission is permitted without the written consent of Oxford Analytica.
Economist
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/211202018-05-23T17:40:07Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Not Yet the Post-TV Era: Network and MVPD Adaptation to Emergent Distribution Technologies
Van Esler, Michael W.
Convergence
Netflix
hulu
Networks
Over-the-top
Streaming
Television
Television as a medium is in transition. From DVRs, to Netflix, to HBO Now, consumers have never before had such control over how they consume televisual content. The rapid changes to the medium have led to rhetoric heralding the impending “post-TV era.” Looking at the ways that legacy television companies have adapted to new technologies and cultural practices suggests that rather than traditional television going the way of radio, television as a medium is actually not terribly different, at least not enough to conclude that we have entered a new era. Press releases, discursive practices by the news media, corporate structures and investments, and audience research all point to the rhetoric of post-TV as being overblown. By thinking about contemporary television as being in transition, greater emphasis and attention can be placed on the role that major media conglomerates play in developing, funding, and legitimizing new forms of television distribution, in addition to co-opting disruptive technologies and business models while hindering others.
2016-07-15T20:43:51Z
2016-07-15T20:43:51Z
2016-07-14
Article
Van Esler, M. (2016). Not Yet the Post-TV Era: Network and MVPD Adaptation to Emergent Distribution Technologies. Media and Communication, 4(3), 131. http://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v4i3.548
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21120
10.17645/mac.v4i3.548
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
openAccess
© 2016 by the author; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
Cogitatio Press
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/172822018-05-23T17:36:21Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Iranian Women, Iranian Cinema: Negotiating with Ideology and Tradition
Moradiyan Rizi, Najmeh
This is the published version, made available with the permission of the publisher. Copyright 2015, University of Nebraska, Omaha.
Throughout the ruptures of Iran’s history, Iranian women have been at the core of any social and political changes and challenges. In this historical context, Iranian women’s body, sexuality, and individuality have been confined within the constitution of religion and tradition. In recent years, however, the new generation of Iranian women is negotiating the notions of femininity, sexuality, and modernity in Iran’s society. Along with this negotiation, Iranian cinema, as the visual showcase of Iranian culture and society, has recently represented an unprecedented portrayal of Iranian women on the screen. This portrayal stems from the gender consciousness of Iranian women who are transgressing the boundaries of gender segregation and inequality. This study, therefore, provides an insight into the social and sexual changes of Iranian women’s lives in today’s Iran and analyzes the representation of these changes in Iranian post-revolutionary cinema, especially the recent decade.
2015-04-02T14:36:02Z
2015-04-02T14:36:02Z
2015-04-01
Article
Moradiyan Rizi, Najmeh (2015) "Iranian Women, Iranian Cinema: Negotiating with Ideology and Tradition," Journal of Religion & Film: Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 35.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/17282
http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol19/iss1/35
openAccess
University of Nebraska, Omaha
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/251002018-11-29T18:12:44Zcom_1808_7799com_1808_21col_1808_14283col_1808_23
Student Leadership in a Library-Initiated Experiential Learning Project
Reed, Michelle
Duncan, Philip Travis
Halegoua, Germaine R.
This chapter discusses aspects of Undergraduates Speak: Our Rights and Access, a library-initiated and student-led pilot project aimed at advancing educational initiatives in the realm of scholarly communication. The project provided undergraduate students with opportunities to engage in experiential learning. Experiential learning, commonly defined as “learning by doing,” emphasizes the role that experience and self-reflection play in the learning process. In recent years, universities across the country have increasingly committed to providing such opportunities for undergraduate students. One reason for this emphasis is because experiential activities have a demonstrat¬ed impact on student retention and engagement. Among these high-impact practices are undergraduate research, internship, and service-learning opportunities. This chapter examines all three via Undergraduates Speak, where undergraduate students actively participated in exploratory research at multiple stages along the research continuum.
2017-10-09T17:20:52Z
2017-10-09T17:20:52Z
2017
Book chapter
Michelle Reed, Philip T. Duncan & Germaine Halegoua. "Engaging Our Student Partners: Student Leadership in a Library-Initiated Experiential Learning Project" in Merinda K. Hensley & Stephanie Davis-Kahl, eds. Undergraduate Research and the Academic Librarian: Case Studies and Best Practices. Association of College & Research Libraries, 2017.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25100
http://www.ala.org/acrl/
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openAccess
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Association of College & Research Libraries
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/214772018-01-25T22:14:21Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Jumping for Fun? Negotiating Mobility and the Geopolitics of Foursquare
Halegoua, Germaine R.
Leavitt, Alex
Gray, Mary L.
Location-based social media
Cheating
Foursquare
Indonesia
Rather than assume that there is some universal “right way” to engage social media platforms, we interrogate how the location-based social media practice known as “jumping” played out on the popular service Foursquare. We use this case to investigate how a “global” or universal system is constructed with an imagined user in mind, one who enjoys a particular type of mobility and experience of place. Through the analysis of official Foursquare policies and mission statements, discussions among developers, interviews with and conversations among Foursquare users, online traces left by jumpers, and correspondence between designers and users on discussion forums, we identify how certain practices and participants are discursively constructed as normative, while other practices and groups are marginalized. Through the study of “jumping,” and its association with Indonesian players in particular, we highlight tensions between the assumptions and industrial strategies of Foursquare designers and the emergent practices and norms of early adopters and avid participants. We argue that the practices of “Indonesian” Foursquare jumpers and the discourses surrounding their use of Foursquare illustrate that practices understood as transgressive or resistive might best be read as strategies for engaging with a platform as groups contend with marginalizing social, economic, and/or political conditions. The case study examined in this article highlights the practices of participants who attempt to integrate themselves into the design of a social media system and the “workarounds,” tensions, negotiations, and logics that manifest in that process.
2016-09-07T18:37:56Z
2016-09-07T18:37:56Z
2016-09-05
Article
Halegoua, G. R., Leavitt, A., & Gray, M. L. (2016) Jumping for Fun? Negotiating Mobility and the Geopolitics of Foursquare. Social Media + Society, July-September 2016, 2(3), 1-12. doi:10.1177/2056305116665859
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21477
10.1177/2056305116665859
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openAccess
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
SAGE Publications
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Television and history: A report from the XVIIIth IAMHIST conference in Leeds, UK, 14-17 July 1999
Tibbetts, John C.
Welsh, James M.
2005-05-05T20:25:46Z
2005-05-05T20:25:46Z
2000-03
Preprint
Tibbetts, JC; Welsh, JM. Television and history: A report from the XVIIIth IAMHIST conference in Leeds, UK, 14-17 July 1999. HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF FILM RADIO AND TELEVISION. March 2000, 20(1):101-107.
ISI:000086141100012
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/407
en_US
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01439685.asp
openAccess
CARFAX PUBLISHING
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/150182018-05-23T17:33:53Zcom_1808_7105com_1808_7799col_1808_7108col_1808_14283
Voices from the Small Cinemas: Beyond “the Remaining Countries”
Falicov, Tamara L.
Middents, Jeffrey
Cuban Cinema
Colombian Cinema
Puerto Rican Cinema
Bolivian Cinema
Peruvian Cinema
Small Cinemas
This is the author's accepted manuscript, made available with the permission of the publisher. Copyright 2012, Intellect, Ltd.
This introduction to a special volume dedicated to translations of recent writings from underexamined cinematic traditions in Latin America (such as Bolivian, Cuba, Colombia, Peru and Puerto Rico) argues for the amplification of voices from “small” cinemas as essential to understanding contemporary cinema from the region as a whole.
2014-09-18T02:33:41Z
2014-09-18T02:33:41Z
2012-11
Article
"Voices From the Small Cinemas: Beyond ‘The Remaining Countries," Studies in Hispanic Cinemas, Vol. 9, issue 2 guest edited by Jeffrey Middents and Tamara Falicov. Intellect Press, November 2012. Introduction, pp. 115–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/shci.9.2.115_1
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15018
10.1386/shci.9.2.115_1
en_US
openAccess
Intellect Press
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/142842018-05-23T17:32:39Zcom_1808_7105com_1808_7799col_1808_7108col_1808_14283
Los hijos de Menem: The New Independent Argentine Cinema, 1995-1999
Falicov, Tamara L.
This is the publisher's version, which is shared with permission. It is also available from Wayne State University Press. The publisher's official website may be accessed at: http://www.frameworkonline.com/archive.html#44
2014-06-19T17:52:27Z
2014-06-19T17:52:27Z
2003
Article
Falicov, Tamara L. "Los Hijos de Menem: The New Independent Argentine Cinema, 1995-1999." Issue on Latin American Cinema Framework Vol. 44, No. 1, Spring 2003, 49-63.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/14284
en
openAccess
Wayne State University Press
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/142852018-05-23T17:32:19Zcom_1808_7105com_1808_7799col_1808_7108col_1808_14283
Review of "Cuban Cinema" by Michael Chanan
Falicov, Tamara L.
This is the publisher's version, which is being shared with permission and is also available electronically from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002492
2014-06-19T19:54:38Z
2014-06-19T19:54:38Z
2008
Article
Falicov, Tamara L. Cuban Cinema. New West Indian Guide Vol. 80, No. 1-2, June 2008, 114-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002492.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/14285
10.1163/13822373-90002492
en
openAccess
Brill
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/266332018-07-11T08:01:28Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Lit up and left dark: Failures of imagination in urban broadband networks
Halegoua, Germaine R.
Lingel, Jessa
Broadband networks
Dark fiber
Digital divides
Imagination
Infrastructure
Internet access
LinkNYC
Urban communication
Visibility
The design and deployment of urban broadband infrastructures inscribe particular imaginations of Internet access onto city streets. The different manifestations and locations of these networks, their uses, and access points often expose material excesses of urban broadband networks, as well as failures of Internet service providers, urban planners, and public officials to imagine the diverse ways that people incorporate Internet connection into their everyday lives. We approach the study of urban broadband networks through the juxtaposition of invisible networks that are buried under the streets and have always been “turned off” (dark fiber) versus hypervisible that are “turned on” and prominently displayed on city streets (LinkNYC). In our analysis of these two case studies, we critique themes of visibility and invisibility as indexes of power and access. Our findings are meant to provide a critical analysis of urban technology policy as well as theories of infrastructure, visibility, and access.
2018-07-10T21:12:19Z
2018-07-10T21:12:19Z
2018-06-05
Article
Halegoua, Germaine R, and Jessa Lingel. "Lit up and left dark: Failures of imagination in urban broadband networks." New Media & Society (Jun. 2018). https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818779593
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26633
10.1177/1461444818779593
openAccess
Sage
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/167012018-05-23T17:36:04Zcom_1808_7105com_1808_7799col_1808_7108col_1808_14283
Burman's Ode to El Once Neighborhood
Falicov, Tamara L.
This is the published version, made available with the permission of the publisher. Copyright 2011 Brandeis University. All rights reserved.
In the mid-1990s, young directors such as Daniel Burman began making films about ethnic identities and multiple subjectivities in Argentina. Because these filmmakers relied more on personal stories than on overtly political or historical issues, they paved the way for various ethnic communities to be the focus of Argentine films. Although
there is a history of Jewish-themed films in Argentine cinema, there have been few Jewish directors who told these tales from a personal, semi-autobiographical standpoint. In previous decades, the few films that represented narratives
of Argentine Jews included Juan Jose Jusids The Jewish Gauchos (1974); Beda Docampo Feijoos
World War II drama, Beneath the World (1987); Raul de la Torres Poor Butterfly (1986); and Eduardo Mignognas Autumn Sun (1996). The directors themselves, with the exception of Feijoo, were not of Jewish origin, but they made thoughtful films with wide-ranging and nuanced depictions of Jews in Argentina.
2015-02-18T15:47:47Z
2015-02-18T15:47:47Z
2011-01-01
Article
Falicov, Tamara L. (2011). "Burman's Ode to El Once Neighborhood" In Baron, Lawrence (Ed.) The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema (pp. 335-340). Waltham, Massachusetts; Brandeis University Press.
978-1-61168-199-4
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16701
openAccess
Brandeis University Press
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/257912018-01-30T09:05:35Zcom_1808_7799com_1808_1260col_1808_14283col_1808_1951
Historical trends in children’s entertainment as they relate to children’s television
Cazana, Mimi D.
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Radio, Television, Film, 1973.
2018-01-29T21:07:42Z
2018-01-29T21:07:42Z
1973
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25791
openAccess
This work is in the public domain and is available for users to copy,
use, and redistribute in part or in whole. No known restrictions apply to the
work.
University of Kansas
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/250312018-05-23T17:43:55Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
Holmes in London, 1988
Tibbetts, John C.
2017-09-27T23:23:15Z
2017-09-27T23:23:15Z
1988
Article
“Holmes in London, 1988,” Baker Street Miscellanea, No. 7 (Spring 1989), 32-43.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25031
openAccess
Northeastern Illinois University. English Department.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/220922018-05-23T17:40:40Zcom_1808_7799col_1808_14283
The Acoustic Screen: The Dynamics of the Female Look and Voice in Abbas Kiarostami's Shirin
Moradiyan Rizi, Najmeh
Abbas Kiarostami
feminism
gender
Iranian cinema
Iranian women
Shirin
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the representation of women in post-revolutionary Iranian cinema has been one of the main concerns of Iranian officials. This concern caused the enforcement of cinematic restrictions on Iranian cinema in 1982, known as the Islamic Codes of Modesty. The prohibition of the close-ups of women’s faces was one of these cinematic limitations. Since then, Iranian filmmakers have used a great amount of creativity in their films to not only represent Iranian women on the screen, but also to criticize the gender-segregated laws of Iran. Their creativity and efforts have gradually challenged and changed the modesty regulations. Abbas Kiarostami’s film, Shirin (2008), stands out in this regard as the film provides an unprecedented portrayal of Iranian women through the use of close-up shots of 114 actresses throughout the film. This paper examines the aesthetics and politics of Kiarostami’s cinema through a feminist analysis of Shirin in order to locate Kiarostami’s film within a larger socio-cultural context of Iran. The main focus of this study, therefore, is to show how Kiarostami uses the cinematic apparatus to highlight female subjectivity not only in literary and cinematic platforms, but also in Iran’s history and society.
2016-11-30T16:19:13Z
2016-11-30T16:19:13Z
2016
Article
Moradiyan Rizi, Najmeh. "The Acoustic Screen: The Dynamics of the Female Look and Voice in Abbas Kiarostami’s Shirin." Synoptique: An Online Journal of Film and Moving Image Studies 5.1 (2016): 44-56.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/22092
http://synoptique.hybrid.concordia.ca/index.php/main/article/view/110/168
openAccess
Copyright 2016, Najmeh Moradiyan Rizi
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada