نشریه جامعه شناسی هنر و ادبیات
سال یازدهم شماره 2 (پاییز و زمستان 1398)

This article analyses An Iranian Historical TV series that called “Dar Cheshm-e Baad” (In the Eyes of The Wind) to explore operation of Ideology by semiotic analysis and historical review. Two main components in mentioned series are the institution of the press and, political figures in Iranian history. Signs and documents are compared based on theoretical synthesis between Hall’s construction of meaning and Thompson’s operation of Ideology. For this, the film watched more than 10 times and two main factors extracted as Press and Political actors. The signs of these Factors analyzed by Fisk’s semiotic analysis and they matched to competing narratives by historical documents. According to findings the film has been able to strengthen the ideology of the Islamic Republic of Iran by means of deleting, selecting and altering of historical statements by using three modes: a) Normalization through representing certain statements and ignoring other narratives to feature the social and political events of that time b) Legitimization upon the whole elements c) fragmentation through the destitution of some key political characters.Using This modes, historical narratives boost the Ideology of Islamic Republic of Iran. This study shows that using historical documents in semiotic analysis provides rich tool for studying the operation of Ideology in film analysis.

The focus of this article is on travelogues as a neglected source in sociological studies in general and in studies of sociology of culture in particular. For understanding the complex and intertwined relationships of today's societies, it is necessary to focus on the historical context of the formation and development of modern societies. By emphasizing the views of the German anthropologist and sociologist, Michael Harbsmeier, this article tries to present travelogues as one of the most important historical sources and also points out the importance and relevance of these texts in understanding the pre-history of modern, contemporary societies. In this paper, it will also be claimed, that, comparing to other historical materials, this literary genre is the most important and relevant source for depicting the series of important sociocultural changes occurred during the eighteenth century. In this point of view, instead of applying travel accounts as a historical source for understanding foreign cultures, this media will be a representation of the traveler’s own culture and society and more precise: social formations. It will also serve as the most proper medium for investigating processes of drawing boundaries and constructing identities during the early modern era. At the end, there will be an excursion about Persian travelogues to Europe in 19th century, and their relevance for sociological studies.

Axing (2018) is a movie directed by Beheooz Shoaibi depicting the influences of addiction on its female character’s social and personal identity. In the movie, Mahsa’s addiction is considered as a source of disgust and social contamination, and a reason for her abandonment. Therefore, Mahsa’s character and the way her social identity is constructed can be analyzed based on theories of abjection. Abjection in Axing has two narrative layers. The first layer pivots on Mahsa’s interactions with her ex-husband’s new family and her own family, while the second narrative layer relates Mahsa to the abject populations and zones who reside on the margins of society. Accordingly, in this article, the two approaches of abjection, psychological and social, are utilized for the study of addiction as social abjection and an addicted person as “the abject”. The two approaches are found to share three same features: “the otherness of the abject”, “its discursive construction” and “wandering on the borders of subject”. Therefore, by utilizing these three features, the construction of an addicted person as a construct of abjection is studied and its relation with the formation of abject populations and zones are explained. In this article it is clarified that the mentioned features are not only the main factors in the social construction of an addicted person as “the abject”, but also result in the formation of abject populations and zones.

The Conceptual Space of Love in Iranian Novels Popular and Literary in 80 Decade This article seeks to represent the conceptual space of love in popular and literary novels of the 1380s. The conceptual framework of the present study is based on the views of Giddens, Beck, Beck-Grenheim and Baumann. Using purposeful sampling chose four literary novels(Nader Cafe, Who Believes Rustam, You will come to ruin, and Tibetan Dream And popular novels (estern goddess, the corridor of paradise, me and you /and Parichar. The criterion of dividing novels into literary and popular was based on the works of Hassan Mirabedini. The method used in this study was qualitative content analysis. The results show Popular stories represented romantic love in the community In these novels, love has a state of holiness; While literary novels represent liquid love in society; In these novels the thirst for love is present in all the characters in the story. Accordingly, the type of love in the two novels is different The transformation of romantic love to liquid love was seen only in literary novels Women in both novels have as much power as men. All popular and literary novels of the last decade show the happiness of men and women together.

The main question that this paper pursues is how has Tehran been portrayed in the 1960 s through novels? And in general, what are the urban themes and components in the Farsi novels? Regarding the fact that in the given period, Iran is developing from a traditional society into a partially modern nation-state, therefore carrying all of its problems and contradictions .Six urban novels in the 1960 s have been studied using qualitative analysis. The novels presented a dystopian image of the city. In all these novels, the filthy city transforms the innocent into a heartless and brooding man. And at the same time it depicts a face of blase and sad person.we will describe this study by discovering five main themes: Urban spaces, social groups, human relations .social issues and finally, urban thoughts and attitudes. Among these themes, delightful spaces like the street played a key role in representing the Tehran city, and on the other hand, suffering spaces such as the hospital, asylum and psychiatric hospital depicted another form of the city. These dual aspects of the city, euphoria and suffering, have been replicated in other contexts and, in sum, have implicated the individual involved in the city in endless contradictions.

This paper aims to analyze the plausible scenario of the glass agency an acclaimed film by Ebrahim Hatamikia, Captain khurshi and A seperation. This analysis aims to discover the representation of Iranian national identity and to understand Iranian cinemas capabilities in representing national identity. This study chooses to analyze this particular film (the glass agency) This study reviews sociologist views of Iranian national identity. Theorists like Daryoush Shaygan, Shahrokh Maskoub, Davar Sheikhavandi, Mohammadreza Tajik, Taqi Azad Armaki, and Pirouz Mojtahedzade to grasp the fundamental concept of national identity. These theorists believe that Iranian national identity has its own components and every one of them points out the most primary ones that describe national identity. This study will search these essential components in the script of mentioned movies. To achieve this goal, initially, we should recognize the leading character. Then based on his or her conflict with other principal characters, environment or any other issues, we will summarize the script to fundamental conflicts of the leading character. After that, the elusive quest for appropriate representation of Iranian national identity will begin in these twelve conflicts. This academic research reasonably concludes that most of these particular conflicts adequately represent at least one key component of national identity. Hence, it is appropriate to say that a cinematic work of art is capable of representing Iranian national identity even with narrative, structural and story resemblances to the western cinema.

Saram al-Dawlah is one of the most important Qajar monuments located in the historic city of Kermanshah. It belongs to Prince Sarem al-Dawlah, the eldest son of Imad al-Dawlah, built during the Qajar period and during the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah. In addition to the original Iranian architecture, the Sarem al-Dawlah house has beautiful murals in the west-facing five-door room. These murals have epic, romantic and decorative themes that are framed with a rich mix of Iranian and European art. Many factors, including social factors, have contributed to the formation of these works, one of the most important being the introduction of a photographic camera into Iran during the Qajar era that influenced all aspects of Nasserian culture and art. The hypothesis of the present study is to study the effect of photography on the Qajar period and its effect on Sarem al-Dawlah. During this period, various social factors such as contact with Europe, Nasser al-Din Shah's three trips to Europe, the proliferation of pictorial newspapers, and the introduction of photography into Iran were among the major cultural developments of the Qajar period that influenced Qajar painting. The paintings of the Sarem al-Dawlah building are also affected by this as a courtyard emirate, all of the room murals in the Sarem al-Dawlah building have been worked in a blend of Iranian-European style, indicating the impact of these developments. In the search for this issue, the key issues of photography and iconography in the Qajar court are first discussed and then the impact of photography on the paintings. The content of this study is qualitative and is based on a descriptive-analytical methodology and a library collection method. The results indicate that photography is one of the most important influences on the art of iconography.