This book draws on the expertise and experience of Iranian and international academics and activists to address diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• List of Illustrations
• 1. Thirty-plus Years of the Iranian Revolution: Culture in Contestation - Annabelle Sreberny
• Part I. Social Context and Sexuality
• 2. Iran's Green Movement in Context - Pardis Mahdavi
• 3. Tehrani Cultural Bricolage: Local Traditions and Global Styles of Tehran's Non-Conformist Youth - Mahmoud Arghavan
• 4. Social and Cultural Change and the Women's Rights Movement in Iran - Azadeh Kian
• 5. Emerging Forms of Masculinity in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Mehri Honarbin-Holliday
• Part II. Performing Arts and Cinema
• 6. Contemporary Iranian Theatre: The Emergence of an Autonomous Space - Liliane Anjo
• 7. Dance and the Borders of Public and Private Life in Post-Revolution Iran - Parmis Mozafari
• 8. Beyond Gender: Women Filmmakers and Sociopolitical Critique - Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad
• Part III. Music
• 9. ‘I am an Original Iranian Man’: Identity and Expression in Tehran's Unofficial Rock Music - Bronwen Robertson
• 10. Neither ‘Islamic’ nor a ‘Republic:’ Discourses in Music - Nahid Siamdoust
• Part IV. Representation
• 11. Digital Heroes: Identity Construction in Iranian Video Games - Vit Šisler
• 12. Satire in the Iranian Media: Development and Diversity - Katja Föllmer
• 13. Gendered Taboos in Iran's Text Message Jokes - Naghmeh Samini
• 14. Iranian Mural Painting: New Trends - Alice Bombardier
• 15. From the Pen to the Rotary Press: Women Book Publishers in Post-Revolutionary Iran - Anna Vanzan
• Part V. Beyond Borders
• 16. The Other Shore: Iranians in the United Arab Emirates Between Visibility and Invisibility - Amin Moghadam
• List of Contributors