De la « Défense sacrée » (1980-1988) à la « Défense des Lieux saints » (2012-2017)
Building on a large number of movies and images, this article analyses how war imaginaries were constituted over the course of two armed conflicts in which the Islamic Republic of Iran was involved: the war against Iraq (1980-1988) – the first filmed war – and the against the Islamic State in Iraq a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université de Provence
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/12830 |
| Summary: | Building on a large number of movies and images, this article analyses how war imaginaries were constituted over the course of two armed conflicts in which the Islamic Republic of Iran was involved: the war against Iraq (1980-1988) – the first filmed war – and the against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in 2012-2017. It questions how directors have staged the great story of the Battle of Karbalâ to define the war and support the national mobilization between 1980 and 1988, and drew upon a Shii imaginary both narratively and formally, while other directors used references detached from any religious link. The paper then focuses on how the war against IS generated new uses of the “Karbala paradigm”, as well as innovating image theories. |
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| ISSN: | 0997-1327 2105-2271 |