Iranian Cinema with Psychoanalysis av Farshid Kazemi

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<p>Combining Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, Iranian Shi¿ite thought, and Islamicate sexualities, <i>Iranian Cinema with Psychoanalysis: The Interpreter of Desires</i> provides a groundbreaking analysis of the logic of desire and sexuality in key films of contemporary Iranian cinema, arguing that there is a profound, albeit surprising, correlation between post-revolutionary Iranian cinema and psychoanalysis that has remained unthought.</p><p>Looking through the prism of psychoanalysis, Farshid Kazemi argues that censorship on the representation and expression of sexual desire in Iranian films has, contrary to the desired effect, produced a <i>cinema of desire</i>. This book is the first to provide an analysis of the unconscious structure of desire and sexuality operative in post-revolutionary Iranian cinema, demonstrating that psychoanalytic literature is uniquely positioned to shed light on this aspect of film. Kazemi uncovers the hidden libidinal economy of Iranian cinema by exposing