23.10 Iconology: Contextualisation
Section outline
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Iconology:
- Contemporary History of Iran.
- Media Ecology and Censorship.
Depiction of Social and Women's condition through documentary. Home Screening :
Women's Prison 1965 (11 min)
Teheran is the Capital of Iran - Kamran Shirdel 1966 (18 min)Iranian Women's Liberation Movement, Year Zero 1979 (12 min) by Claudine Mulard
Since during the first session there wasn't enough time please watch these documentaries at home These will be useful for historical insight which we will discuss during the second session.
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Chapter 8. Sharia and national law in Iran. Written by Ziba Mir-Hosseini
From the book ''Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present. Amsterdam University Press. 2012''
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789400600171-011
You are expected to read at least pages 329 till 357. Obviously for deeper insight do not hesitate to read the whole chapter.
Fortunately the whole book is licensed in De Gruyter website which you have access through your RUB(or home) university credentials. You are invited to read about other Islamic countries.
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