Subaltern Consciousness in Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman

Pedram Partovi

Abstract:

In this presentation, Partovi will argue that Asghar Farhadi and his collaborators draw on at least two different cinematic universes in The Salesman to simultaneously address the aesthetic and social values of Western critics and Iranian audiences.

Bio:

Pedram Partovi, an associate professor of history at American University, is a historian of the medieval and modern Muslim world. His current research focuses on the history of youth movements and their role in creating and disrupting the political order in Iran and the wider Middle East.