Title Culture and cultural politics under Reza Shah : the Pahlavi state, new bourgeoisie and the creation of a modern society in Iran / edited by Bianca Devos and Christoph Werner

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) : illustrations Series Iranian studies ; 18 Iranian studies (London, England) ; 18. Contents Cover; Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza Shah; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Intellectuals and technocrats: Key figures in Iran's cultural modernization; 1 Modernization in literary history: Malek al-Sho'ara Bahar's Stylistics; 2 Policy or puzzle? The foundation of the University of Tehran between ideal conception and pragmatic realization; 3 Mir Mehdi Varzandeh and the introduction of modern physical education in Iran; 4 Modernization of Iranian music during the reign of Reza Shah 5 The king's white walls: Modernism and bourgeois architecturePart II The Shah: State politics and authoritarian modernization; 6 Archaeology and the Iranian National Museum: Qajar and early Pahlavi cultural policies; 7 Depicting power: Reza Shah's rule, cabinet politics and the commemorative stamp set of 1935; 8 Press censorship in the Reza Shah era, 1925-41; Part III Life under Reza Shah: New bourgeois culture and other forms of practiced modernity; 9 Drama and operetta at the Red Lion and Sun: Theatre in Tabriz 1927-41 10 ""Newly hatched chickens"": Bozorg 'Alavi on the young literary scene of the 1930s11 Giving birth to a new generation: Midwifery in the public health system of the Reza Shah era; 12 Engineering a modern society? Adoptions of new technologies in early Pahlavi Iran; 13 Religious aspects in communication processes in early Pahlavi Iran; Index Summary "Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza Shah presents a collection of innovative research on the interaction of culture and politics accompanying the vigorous modernization programme of the first Pahlavi ruler. Examining a broad spectrum of this multifaceted interaction it makes an important contribution to the cultural history of the 1920s and 1930s in Iran, when, under the rule of Reza Shah Pahlavi, dramatic changes took place inside Iranian society. With special reference to the practical implementation of specific reform endeavours, the various contributions critically analyze different facets of the relationship between cultural politics, individual reformers and the everyday life of modernist Iranians. Interpreting culture in its broadest sense, this book brings together contributions from different disciplines such as literary history, social history, ethnomusicology, art history, and Middle Eastern politics. In this way, it combines for the first time the cultural history of Iran's modernity with the politics of the Reza Shah period. Challenging a limited understanding of authoritarian rule under Reza Shah, this book is a useful contribution to existing literature for students and scholars of Middle Eastern History, Iranian History and Iranian Culture"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Politics and culture -- Iran -- History -- 20th century Social change -- Iran -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. Cultural policy Intellectual life Politics and culture Politics and government Social change Social conditions SUBJECT Iran -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century Iran -- Politics and government -- 1925-1979. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067911 Iran -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Iran -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Iran Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Devos, Bianca, author, editor Werner, Christoph, 1967- author, editor. ISBN 9781135125530 1135125538 9780203798423 0203798422

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