Warring souls : youth, media, and martyrdom in post-revolution Iran / c Roxanne Varzi.

Author/creator Varzi, Roxanne, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Divination : an archeology of the unknown -- The image and the hidden master -- Mystic states : martyrdom and the making of the Islamic republic -- Shooting soldiers, shooting film : the cinema of the Iranian sacred defense -- Visionary states : inhabiting the city, inhabiting the mind -- Shifting subjects : public law and private selves -- Majnun's mask : sex, suicide, and semiotic malfunctioning -- The ghost in the machine : (just war?) remainders and reminders of war -- Reforming religious identity in post-Khatami Iran -- Mehdi's climb.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268) and index.
LCCN 2005034368
ISBN0822337096 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822337215 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822337218

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