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Unburied memories : the politics of bodies of sacred defense martyrs in Iran
- Title
- Unburied memories : the politics of bodies of sacred defense martyrs in Iran / edited by Pedram Khosronejad.
- Publication
- London : Routledge, 2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Khosronejad, Pedram.
- Description
- ix, 172 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Discusses the theme of martyrdom and historical memory of the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War from several different points of view: the importance of devotional iconography, especially portraits; documentary photographs as memorials; martyrdom museums and their importance for Iranian society; the place of women martyrs within the concept of martyrdom; the politics of the body and death; shrines and commemorative rituals; and the role of visual art as war memorials and symbols, especially commemorative murals.
- Alternative Title
- Politics of bodies of sacred defense martyrs in Iran
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published as a special issue of Visual anthropology, v. 25, nos. 1-2 (Jan.-Apr. 2012).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Poem -- Introduction : unburied memories / Pedram Khosronejad -- Redemptive memories : portraiture in the cult of commemoration / Ingvild Flaskerud -- Variations in the martyrs' representations in South Tehran's private and public spheres / Marine Fromanger -- The Martyrs' Museum in Tehran : visualizing memory in post-revolutionary Iran / Christiane Gruber -- Death, the great equalizer : memorializing martyred (shahid) women in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Faegheh Shirazi -- From the light of the eyes to the eyes of the power : state and dissident martyrs in post-revolutionary Iran / Shahla Talebi -- War painting and pilgrimage in Iran / Alice Bombardier.
- Call Number
- JFF 13-404
- ISBN
- 9780415523981 (hbk.)
- 0415523982 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 795181659
- Title
- Unburied memories : the politics of bodies of sacred defense martyrs in Iran / edited by Pedram Khosronejad.
- Imprint
- London : Routledge, 2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Khosronejad, Pedram.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 13-404