Theater State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theater State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran write by Babak Rahimi. This book was released on 2011-11-11. Theater State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Safavid period, the Shi'i Muharram commemorative rites which had been publically practiced since the 7th century, became a manifestation of state power. Already during the reign of Shah 'Abbas I (1587-1629) the Muharram rituals had transformed into an extraordinary rich repertoire of ceremonies and ceremonial spaces that can be defined as 'theater state'. Under Shah Safi I (1629-1642) these ceremonies ultimately led to carnivalesque celebrations of misrule and transgression. This first systematic study of a wide range of Persian and European archival and primary sources, analyzes how the Muharram rites changed from being an originally devotional practice to an ambiguous ritualization that in combination with other public arenas, such as the bazaar, coffeehouses or travel lodges, created distinct spaces of communication whereby the widening gap between state and society gave way to the formation of the early Iranian public sphere. Ultimately, the Muharram public spaces allowed for a shift in individual and collective identities, opening the way to multifaceted living fields of interaction, as well as being sites of contestation where innovative expressions of politics were made. In particular, the construction of the new Isfahan in 1590 is linked with the widespread proliferation of the Muharram mortuary rites by discussing rituals performed in major urban spaces.
Performing the Iranian State
Performing the Iranian State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Performing the Iranian State write by Staci Gem Scheiwiller. This book was released on 2014-11-01. Performing the Iranian State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book discusses what it means to “perform the State,” what this action means in relation to the country of Iran and how these various performances are represented. The concept of the “State” as a modern phenomenon has had a powerful impact on the formation of the individual and collective, as well as on determining how political entities are perceived in their interactions with one another in the current global arena.
Performing Iran
Performing Iran - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Performing Iran write by Babak Rahimi. This book was released on 2021-08-26. Performing Iran available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 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 naqqali and taziyeh – and online performances by diaspora communities.
A Social History of Modern Tehran
A Social History of Modern Tehran - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Social History of Modern Tehran write by Ashkan Rezvani Naraghi. This book was released on 2023-01-05. A Social History of Modern Tehran available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tehran, the capital of Iran since the late eighteenth century, is now one of the largest cities in the Middle East. Exploring Tehran's development from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, Ashkan Rezvani Naraghi paints a vibrant picture of a city undergoing rapid and dynamic social transformation. Rezvani Naraghi demonstrates that this shift was the product of a developing discourse around spatial knowledge, in which the West became the model for the social practices of the state and sections of Iranian society. As traditional social spaces, such as coffee houses, bathhouses, and mosques, were replaced by European-style cafes, theatres, and sports clubs, Tehran and its people were irreversibly altered. Using an array of archival sources, Rezvani Naraghi stresses the agency of everyday inhabitants in shaping urban change. This enlightening history not only allows us to better understand the contours of contemporary Tehran, but to develop a new way of imagining, talking about, and building 'the city'.
Audience and Reception in the Early Modern Period
Audience and Reception in the Early Modern Period - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Audience and Reception in the Early Modern Period write by John R. Decker. This book was released on 2021-09-09. Audience and Reception in the Early Modern Period available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Early modern audiences, readerships, and viewerships were not homogenous. Differences in status, education, language, wealth, and experience (to name only a few variables) could influence how a group of people, or a particular person, received and made sense of sermons, public proclamations, dramatic and musical performances, images, objects, and spaces. The ways in which each of these were framed and executed could have a serious impact on their relevance and effectiveness. The chapters in this volume explore the ways in which authors, poets, artists, preachers, theologians, playwrights, and performers took account of and encoded pluriform potential audiences, readers, and viewers in their works, and how these varied parties encountered and responded to these works. The contributors here investigate these complex interactions through a variety of critical and methodological lenses.
