Defa'-e Moghaddas (The Sacred Defense), Hamdeli va Mehrvarzi (Camaraderie and Love from Knowing the Other), and the Making of Social Cinema in Post-Revolutionary Islamic Iran

A publicity tool during the Iran–Iraq war (1980–1988), the cinema of the postwar period in Iran was expected to uphold Islamic, ethical, and symbolic values idealized by the government as defa'-e moghaddas (the sacred defense). The war film genre, which was launched during this period to promot...

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Main Author: Haghani, Fakhri (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan 2021
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 154-176
Further subjects:B qisas (retaliation)
B dieh (the blood money)
B the affective turn
B cinemay-e ejtema'i (social cinema)
B 'orf (non-religious customs and practices)
B janbazi (self-sacrifice)
B mazlooman (the oppressed and marginalized)
B defa'-e moghaddas (the sacred defense)
B hamdeli va mehrvarzi (camaraderie and love from knowing the other)
B moghavemat (resistance)
B gozasht (forgiveness)
B 'edalat (justice)
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