Journal of Woman in Culture and Arts

Journal of Woman in Culture and Arts

Social Identity Representation in Media Examining the Social Identity Changes in Women in the Cinema After Islamic Revolution

Authors
Mohammad Amouzadeh
Nasim Esfandyari
10.22059/jwica.2012.28514
Abstract
Supposing the reciprocity of relations between society and media, it is logical to investigate the social changes of women’s identity through inspecting the changes in women’s identity representation in media (particularly cinema). This paper aims to analyze the mutual effects of predominant social affairs of after-Islamic revolution of Iran on the manner of women’s representation in Iran’s cinema. In fact, it intends to clarify whether the mainstream cinema at this juncture in history has an considerable effect on the manner the women’s identity represented in cinema.This research shows that the social changes accompanied by more progressive cultural representation of women’s social identity in Iran cinema.
Keywords
Cinema
Media
Social changes
Social identity.
Women’s representation