Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgments

pp vii-viii

A Note on Transliteration

pp ix-x

1 - Introduction: Setting the Stage

pp 1-20

I - The Qajar Dynasty: 1786–1925

pp 21-22

2 - The Photographic Source for a Qajar Painting

pp 23-32

3 - Cartographic Desires: Some Reflections on the Shahr-e Farang (Peepshow) and Modern Iran

pp 33-54

4 - Takkiyeh Dowlat: The Qajar Theater State

pp 55-72

II - The Pahlavi Dynasty (1925–1979) and Transitional Period after the Iranian Revolution (1978–1979)

pp 73-74

5 - For the Love of her People: An Interview with Farah Diba about the Pahlavi Programs for the Arts in Iran

pp 75-82

6 - Shaping and Portraying Identity at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (1977–2005)

pp 83-100

7 - Seismic Shifts across Political Zones in Contemporary Iranian Art: The Poetics of Knowledge, Knowing and Identity

pp 101-120

III - The Islamic Republic: 1979–Present

pp 121-122

8 - Performativity and Ritual Space in Postrevolutionary Tehran

pp 123-144

9 - Reclaiming Cultural Space: The Artist's Performativity versus the State's Expectations in Contemporary Iran

pp 145-156

10 - Female Trouble: Melancholia and Allegory in Contemporary Iranian Art

pp 157-170

IV - The Iranian Diaspora

pp 171-172

11 - Performing Visual Strategies: Representational Concepts of Female Iranian Identity in Contemporary Photography and Video Art

pp 173-192

12 - Painted and Animated Metaphors: An Interview with Artist Alireza Darvish

pp 193-200

13 - In the House of Fatemeh: Revisiting Shirin Neshat's Photographic Series Women of Allah

pp 201-220

Illustrations

pp 221-246

List of Contributors

pp 247-249