Volume 9 (2025)
Volume 8 (2024)
Volume 7 (2023)
Volume 6 (2022)
Volume 5 (2021)
Volume 4 (2020)
Volume 3 (2019)
Volume 2 (2018)
Volume 1 (2017)
Main Subjects = cultural studies
Number of Articles: 20
Americans, Death, Politics
Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2025, , Pages 1-44
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between religious beliefs, particularly belief in life after death, and political inclinations among Americans. Utilizing data from the 2022 ... Read More
The Role of Films in Politics: The Representation of Boris Johnson in ‘This England’ TV Series
Volume 8, Issue 2 , April 2024, , Pages 387-419
Abstract
Television series serve as tools for propaganda and influence, allowing political figures to manipulate public opinion and control how they are perceived. One notable example of this ... Read More
The Components of Intercultural Competencies of Iraqi Senior Managers in Health Organizations
Volume 7, Issue 2 , April 2023, , Pages 213-245
Abstract
The current research was conducted to analyze the components of intercultural competencies of senior managers in Iraqi health organizations with a qualitative method of thematic analysis ... Read More
Pilgrimage and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Interpersonal Contact between Iranians and Iraqis in the Arbaeen Walk
Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 539-565
Abstract
Given the history of conflict between Iran-Iraq (1980-1988), the present paper investigates whether interpersonal contact between Iranians and Iraqis, through religious tourism, has ... Read More
The Role of Pashtunwali Ethnic Tradition in the Historical Articulation of the Taliban Discourse in Negotiations with the Afghan Government
Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 371-409
Abstract
After the fall of the republic in Afghanistan and the raising of the Taliban flag on the presidential palace, many thought that Afghanistan would GO back in time and return to the years ... Read More
“Defenders of Shiite Sanctuaries” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs’ Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 1-27
Abstract
Piety for Muslim women is an internal source of agency, which motivates their social presence and fulfills their political commitments. In spite of the prevalence of Orientalist views ... Read More
Iran on Screen; Reception and Perception of Iranian Films in India
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 111-133
Abstract
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Over the Platforms (OTT) such as Netflix and Amazon multiplied their streaming and eased access to foreign content in India. The hybridity and transnational ... Read More
Cultural and Social Context for Patients’ Coping with COVID-19: Experiences from Tehran Hospitals
Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 577-601
Abstract
Two years after the beginning of the pandemic, various strains of COVID-19 continue to affect relatively all regions and countries in the world. Each country responded to the pandemic ... Read More
The Remote Higher Education over COVID-19 Pandemic: the Case Study of Provisions and Priorities of the University of Tehran's Official Website
Volume 5, Issue 2 , April 2021, , Pages 255-294
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic brought instructional and administrative possibilities and problematics in higher education internationally. In such conditions, the developing countries suffered ... Read More
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 , October 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
Portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood: Case-Study of the Tanhaji Movie
Volume 4, Issue 2 , April 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 a religious ... Read More
The Jewish Community in Contemporary Iran: A New Analytic Approach
Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 763-787
Abstract
This paper takes a broad and novel approach to analysing the Iranian Jewish community of Iran, both as a distinct group and as a constituent part of Iran’s wider population ... Read More
Baraza, The Space of Public Life in Stone Town of Zanzibar
Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 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
An Investigation of World-System Theory and Globalization in the Rama Novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 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
A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal
Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 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
VoA Special English for Persian Learners from the Perspective of Persian Speakers: A Critical Analysis
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 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
Knowledge Politics of the American Academia on Women’s Citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamoromic vs. Islamoveritic Understandings
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 573-603
Abstract
Islam’s view on the status of women has been among the controversial topics in the American universities in recent decades. The rise of the political Islam and its embodiment ... Read More
A Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 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
Social Factors in Cartoon Analysis through French Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 255-279
Abstract
Since their appearance, cartoons and their creators took interest in social and political facts and figures. Often a more direct witness than a text, cartoons were quickly transformed ... Read More
Kyoto’s Glocal Identity: Establishing Balance between Identity Change and Persistence
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 33-59