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Alireza Sayyad
Alireza Sayyad is an Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Faculty of Cinema and Theater at the Iran University of Art. His research and teaching focus on Iranian cinema, film and literature, urban modernity, and visual culture. His articles have been published (or are forthcoming) in journals including Journal of Film and Video, City: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Feminist Media Studies, Film International, Iranian Studies, Film and Media Studies, Cogent Arts & Humanities, and International Journal of Persian Literature.
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Introduction The patriarchal norms of Pahlavī-era Iranian cinema, particularly in the popular genre of Fīlmfārsī melodrama, have long been scrutinized…