{"product_id":"the-plays-and-films-of-bahram-beyzaie-origins-forms-and-functions-paperback","title":"The Plays and Films of Bahram Beyzaie: Origins, Forms and Functions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaeed Talajooy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBahram Beyzaie is one of Iran's leading playwrights and auteur filmmakers. This book examines several of Beyzaie's films and plays and their preoccupation with the modalities and transformations of Iranian contemporary, historical and mythical identity from different perspectives. The chapters analyse Beyzaie's influential plays such as \u003ci\u003eArash\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSo Dies Pahlevan Akbar\u003c\/i\u003e and his filmic magnum opuses such as \u003ci\u003eThe Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBashu, the Little Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKilling Mad Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e from a range of critical perspectives including ecofeminist, sociopolitical, new-historicist, archetypal and psychoanalytical readings. They also explore Beyzaie's dialogue with filmic genres such as noir, different Iranian languages such as Gilaki, Iranian epics and ritual practices such as \u003ci\u003eta'ziyeh\u003c\/i\u003e plays and \u003ci\u003ejavanmardi\u003c\/i\u003e chivalry cults. Together, the chapters show how Beyzaie's works negotiate narratives of belonging and undermine the dominant exclusionist discourses in Iran, and how they use the resources of Iranian folk and performance traditions to comment on the position of women, children, intellectuals, and minorities in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaeed Talajooy \u003c\/b\u003eis a Senior Lecturer in Persian at the University of St Andrews, UK. Talajooy has taught world literature since 1997 and Persian language, literature, drama and cinema since 2008. His research is focused on the changing patterns of the modalities of Iranian identity as reflected in Iranian theatre, cinema and literature. His publications include several articles, chapters, play translations and analysis books, a co-edited volume entitled \u003ci\u003eResistance in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies: Literature, Cinema and Music\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and a recent monograph entitled \u003ci\u003eIranian Culture in Bahram Beyzaie's Cinema and Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (I.B.Tauris, 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329585963315,"sku":"9780755652730","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VJRxHRwT0i9780755652730.webp?v=1778171269","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-plays-and-films-of-bahram-beyzaie-origins-forms-and-functions-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}