Volume 4 (2020)
Volume 3 (2019)
Volume 2 (2018)
Volume 1 (2017)
Main Subjects = cultural studies
Number of Articles: 10
1. The Remote Higher Education over COVID-19 Pandemic: the Case Study of Provisions and Priorities of the University of Tehran's Official Website
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 January 2022
Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic brought instructional and administrative possibilities and problematics in higher education internationally. The developing countries, though, suffered challenging ... Read More
2. A Medley of Voices Representing Dialogic Democracy, Autocracy or Violence in Afghanistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Autumn 2020, , Pages 633-664
Abstract
Afghanistan is a country besieged by years of instability and unrest as a result of the weak governments that have seized power, especially after King Zahir. Mohammad Asef Soltanzade’s ... Read More
3. Portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood: Case-Study of the Tanhaji Movie
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Spring 2020, , Pages 379-400
Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the portrayals of Hindu-Muslim relations in recent Bollywood movies with a specific emphasis on the Tanhaji movie. The movie narrates and depicts ... Read More
4. Baraza, The Space of Public Life in Stone Town of Zanzibar
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Summer 2019, , Pages 517-549
Abstract
One of the most important elements of public space in Stone Town of Zanzibar is the baraza. The baraza is the place where people sit, meet, talk, and even rest. In its simplest form, ... Read More
5. An Investigation of World-System Theory and Globalization in the Rama Novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Summer 2019, , Pages 579-604
Abstract
Noam Chomsky argues that only a meager percentage of the world, consisting of mainly large corporations and developed nations, prosper from globalization. As stated in Immanuel Wallerstein’s ... Read More
6. A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Summer 2019, , Pages 605-647
Abstract
The present study examines how Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018 was framed in political cartoons published in the ... Read More
7. VoA Special English for Persian Learners from the Perspective of Persian Speakers: A Critical Analysis
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Winter 2019, , Pages 109-159
Abstract
Using modern, electronic technology to promote the culture and worldview of technology producers and to subjugate its consumers is the gist of what McPhail (2006) calls electronic colonialism ... Read More
8. Knowledge Politics of the American Academia on Women’s Citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamoromic vs. Islamoveritic Understandings
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Autumn 2018, , Pages 573-603
Abstract
Islam’s view on gender issues and the status of Muslim women has been growingly among the controversial topics in the American universities in recent decades. The rise of political ... Read More
9. A Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Summer 2018, , Pages 549-572
Abstract
Iran and Ethiopia have had bilateral relations for almost two thousand years. These relations were accompanied by cultural exchanges among the people, resulting in the acceptance of ... Read More
10. Social Factors in Cartoon Analysis through French Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Autumn 2017, , Pages 255-279