Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”

During recent decades, many social and economic transformations that occurred in Iran behind ongoing changes in the formation, relations and identity of Iran current classes. One of the text in which these categories are represented is “A separation”. In this article we examined class and class rela...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Rezaei, Arash Hasan pour, Simin Daneshgar
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Published: Iranian Institute for Social and Cultural Studies 2014-09-01
Series:Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān
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Online Access:http://www.jicr.ir/article_231_6423acb0a25eb6506cd5525bab38e5cc.pdf
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description During recent decades, many social and economic transformations that occurred in Iran behind ongoing changes in the formation, relations and identity of Iran current classes. One of the text in which these categories are represented is “A separation”. In this article we examined class and class relationship, in this film (text) by taking representation approach and semiotics method.Analyzing film codes shows that in this film, two classes are represented: The middle class and the lower class. The middle class through identity aspect is modern and disposed to West but unsettled and disjointed. The lower class also represented as Underprivileged Class that having religious approach to life and is in tradition life-world. Also, film, represent new class formation of Iran societyand relation interim.  In fact, filmin addition represents this duality, narrate the separation and deep and sweep social gap in different levels of Iranian society that constantly reproduced by class member with differentiation of self from others and show ideological and antagonistic aspect of class relationship.
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spelling doaj-art-a2d062c23ffc439ca4c2103cee7e74db2024-11-13T11:12:20ZfasIranian Institute for Social and Cultural StudiesTaḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān2008-18472476-50582014-09-017211714810.7508/ijcr.2014.26.006231Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”Mohammad Rezaei0Arash Hasan pour1Simin Daneshgar2Assistant Prof. of Socioligy, Tarbiat Modares UniversityPhD student of Sociology: Esfahan UniversityMSc in Sociology: The University of TehranDuring recent decades, many social and economic transformations that occurred in Iran behind ongoing changes in the formation, relations and identity of Iran current classes. One of the text in which these categories are represented is “A separation”. In this article we examined class and class relationship, in this film (text) by taking representation approach and semiotics method.Analyzing film codes shows that in this film, two classes are represented: The middle class and the lower class. The middle class through identity aspect is modern and disposed to West but unsettled and disjointed. The lower class also represented as Underprivileged Class that having religious approach to life and is in tradition life-world. Also, film, represent new class formation of Iran societyand relation interim.  In fact, filmin addition represents this duality, narrate the separation and deep and sweep social gap in different levels of Iranian society that constantly reproduced by class member with differentiation of self from others and show ideological and antagonistic aspect of class relationship.http://www.jicr.ir/article_231_6423acb0a25eb6506cd5525bab38e5cc.pdf»a separation: nader and simin«semioticsmiddle and lower classclass identitysocial – class antagonismsuperior inferiorseparation society
spellingShingle Mohammad Rezaei
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Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”
Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān
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semiotics
middle and lower class
class identity
social – class antagonism
superior inferior
separation society
title Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”
title_full Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”
title_fullStr Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”
title_full_unstemmed Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”
title_short Representation of Class and Class Relationships in Iranian Cinema Case Study of “a Separation: Nader and Simin”
title_sort representation of class and class relationships in iranian cinema case study of a separation nader and simin
topic »a separation: nader and simin«
semiotics
middle and lower class
class identity
social – class antagonism
superior inferior
separation society
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