Cover -- Title -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Table of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 1 Making Sense of Globalization -- Introduction -- The global field -- Global flows -- A framework of the globalization theories -- Chapter 2 The Concept of National Cinema: Theorization and Critique -- Introduction -- National cinema as 'intertextual symptom' -- National cinema as cultural/economic weapon -- National cinema as 'the other' of Hollywood -- National cinema as 'cultural specificity' -- The relevance of 'national cinema' in the age of globalization: Arguments for and against -- Conclusion -- Part II Iranian Cinema and Globalization -- Chapter 3 Iranian Cinema in the World Cinema Circuit: Politics, Economics and Aesthetics -- The foundations of a 'new cinema' -- The emergence of Muslim film-makers -- Debate and controversy over international awards -- The economics and politics of international festivals -- Selecting the examples -- Chapter 4 Mohsen Makhmalbaf's 'Transnational' Cinema and Globalization -- Introduction -- Critique of the 'transnational institution of art' -- Makhmalbaf: From 'the local' to 'the transnational' -- Banal transnationalism -- Sex and Philosophy -- Scream of the Ants -- The rise and fall of an 'idol' -- Transnational film-makers and territorial attachments -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Daryush Mehrjui's 'National' Cinema and Globalization -- Introduction -- The complex relation of 'the national' and 'the Islamic' -- Iranian cinema's new wave and the early impact of globalization -- Mehrjui and the post-revolution circumstances -- The Lodgers -- Mum's Guests -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Ebrahim Hatami-kia's 'Sacred Defense' Cinema and Globalization -- Introduction -- Muslim Film-makers: From Makhmalbaf to Hatami-kia.

The Scout: Constructing the image of the basiji -- From Karkhe to Rhine: Recognition of 'the other' -- Glass Agency: Return of the rebel -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix I Interview with Abbas Kiarostami -- Appendix II Interview with Majid Majidi -- Appendix III Interview with Emad Afroogh -- Appendix IV Interview with Mohammad-reza Jafari-jelveh -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.