Cultural Revolution in Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic

Cultural Revolution in Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic by Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1780760892, 1784535133 | 296 pages | PDF | 25 MB

The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered its fourth decade, and the values and legacy of the Revolution it was founded upon continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for Iranian life. Despite the repressive power of the current regime the immense creativity of popular cultural practices, that negotiate and resist a repressive system, is a potent and dynamic force. 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. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers an underground world of new technology, media and entertainment that speaks to women seeking a greater public role and a restless younger generation that organizes and engages with global trends online.

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Robert Phillip Kolker - The Altering Eye: Contemporary International Cinema

Robert Phillip Kolker – The Altering Eye: Contemporary International Cinema
2009 | ISBN: 1906924031 | English | 348 pages | PDF | 11.3 MB

The Altering Eye covers a “golden age” of international cinema from the end of WWII through to the New German Cinema of the 1970s. Combining historical, political, and textual analysis, the author develops a pattern of cinematic invention and experimentation from neorealism through the modernist interventions of Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Maria Fassbinder, focusing along the way on such major figures as Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey, the Brazilian director Glauber Rocha, and the work of major Cuban filmmakers. Kolker’s book has become a much quoted classic in the field of film studies providing essential reading for anybody interested in understanding the history of European and international cinema. This new and revised edition includes a substantive new Preface by the author and an updated Bibliography.

Contemporary Families: Translating Research Into Practice

Contemporary Families: Translating Research Into Practice (Family Therapy and Counseling) by Scott Browning and Kay Pasley
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0415711630, 0415711622 | 338 pages | PDF | 1,9 MB

Written for researchers, practitioners, and students in advanced courses, this book furthers our understanding of the complexity of contemporary families. Seven types of families are the focus of this book, based on the research available and the challenges they present for mental health professionals. The family forms discussed are

• Adoption

• Foster care

• Interracial families

• Family members with special needs (with a focus on autism)

• Families with LGBTQ members

• Grandparent-headed Families

• Family members with chronic medical conditions

The volume establishes an innovative format that fits the new age of evidence-based practice. Each chapter is written by a collaborative team of authors consisting of researchers and practitioners. The former address the prevalence and characteristics of the family form and then present the research findings most relevant to clinical practice; the latter use this as the foundation for their portion of the chapter, in which they discuss strategies for good therapeutic intervention, representing a true integration of science and practice. Readers learn about relevant research findings regarding each family described, as well as gain explicit instruction and case material for which to augment therapeutic efforts with these populations.