Iranian Cinema with Psychoanalysis: The Interpreter of Desires - Paperback

by Farshid Kazemi (Author)

Combining Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, Iranian Shi'ite thought, and Islamicate sexualities, this book provides an analysis of the logic of desire and sexuality in key films of contemporary Iranian cinema, arguing that there is a profound, albeit surprising, correlation between post-revolutionary Iranian cinema and psychoanalysis.

Author Biography

Farshid Kazemi is Lecturer in Film Studies at the School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Canada. He holds a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Edinburgh. His research interests combine an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach to film and media studies, film theory, Iranian studies, and Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. His book on the film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was published by Liverpool University Press in 2021.