Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Mohsen Tabassi

Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art & Architecture, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

The presence of women in Iranian movies has been a challenging issue. Since that the movie is an important medium for transferring cultural subjects, a proper image of women can be mutually influenced society and the women themselves. The important social incidents such as the Islamic revolution, eight years of holly defense, and changing the predominant social paradigms also have a significant effect on Iranian movies. Under these conditions, Iranian women, as a considerable part of Iranian movies, have been appeared in different forms. The main idea for this research is the study about the circumstance of the Iranian women presented images. For this aim, the attributive and content analysis methods were used to analyzing the first actress’s character in Iranian movies. Then four periods were considered and some Iranian films were selected in these intervals. The selected movies have been reviewed and the women’s roles are classified into three categories contains economic, cultural, and political- social role. The study shows that in the Iranian movies after the Islamic revolution, from the economic aspects around seventy percent of women were middle-class and upper, almost a third of women, employed, and about forty percent have financial independence. In terms of cultural image, not only about seventy percent of women have secondary and higher education, but also in most cases, the consumption of cultural goods appears. From the view of the political- social image, the Iranian women have been seen at a minimum turnout.

Keywords

• woman
• movie
• Islamic revolution
• Iran
• Iranian movie