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"In Warring Souls, [Varzi] draws on her experience in Iran in addition to ethnographic research conducted between 1991 and 2000 in Tehran. Varzi examines the construction of identity among Iranian youth in the post-revolution environment and, in particular, the role of propaganda, murals, media, and film in shaping this identity. She explores the way that the state used images to create a truly "Islamic" republic and the effect of this policy on the lives and development of young people under the regime. She argues that, in post-revolution Iran, self-annihilation and self-construction occur…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2006Duke University Press · 290 pages · 9780822337096
AttitudesInfluenceIran-Iraq War, 1980-1988Islam and cultureIslam and politicsMass mediaMass media and youthPolitical aspects of Mass media