{"product_id":"refocus-maryam-ghorbankarimi-9781474477611","title":"Refocus: The Films of Rakhshan Banietemad","description":"\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eRakhshan Banietemad is one of the first female film directors in Iran. This book, the first English language study of her films and career, Iranian director Rakhshan Banietemad contains chapters by some of the most prominent scholars of Iranian cinema, as well as younger scholars with fresh points of view. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, the book devotes special attention to Banietemad's understudied documentaries and films, including \u003cem\u003eUnder the Skin of the City\u003c\/em\u003e (2000) and \u003cem\u003eTales\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), while offering new perspectives on well-known works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Veiled\u003c\/em\u003e (1994) and \u003cem\u003eThe May Lady\u003c\/em\u003e (1997). Focusing on questions of aesthetics and poetics, social realism, gender dynamics and the 'afterimages' and 'counter-memories' of revolution and war, the book also includes an in depth interview with Banietemad herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maryam Ghorbankarimi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474477615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474477611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Maryam Ghorbankarimi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993487376639,"sku":"9781474477611","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0691a02e-fcf3-4d30-8d5a-5fe63b913138.jpg?v=1683324609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/refocus-maryam-ghorbankarimi-9781474477611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}