At the Threshold

Contemporary Theatre, Art, and Music of Iran

Rana Esfandiary

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Routledge
20 October 2023

Theatre Studies; Dance; Rock & Pop music

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This book examines the performance strategies used by contemporary Iranian artists and activists to reimagine “Iranian-ness” in the context of Iran’s local, regional, and global position.

This study identifies the important social and political interventions made by theatrical and performance pieces, visual art, and electronic music that articulate and reformulate Iranian-ness by breaking away from fixed and constructed stereotypes projected on them by both the Islamic regime and Western power. This book explores the reception and context within which artworks become meaningful performative acts. Looking closely at the works of a notable female Iranian photographer, Shadi Ghadirian, in conjunction with the new generation of Iranian nonconformist artists such as Tahmineh Monzavi and Hedieh Ahmadi; the visionary theatre productions of Ali Akbar Alizad; and radically untraditional sound/noise of the electronic music movement in Tehran, this book calls attention to the Iran-based artists who are tirelessly trying to raise awareness regarding the political violence imposed on Iranian identity at the legal (top-down) and everyday (bottom-up) levels.

This volume will be of great interest to student and scholars in theatre and performance, photography, art, music, sociology, and politics.

By: Rana Esfandiary
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9781032193762
ISBN 10: 103219376X
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 20 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rana Esfandiary is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of Kansas, USA.