Volume 5 (2021)
Volume 4 (2020)
Volume 3 (2019)
Volume 2 (2018)
Volume 1 (2017)
Main Subjects = cultural studies
Number of Articles: 12
“Haram Defenders” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs' Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 16 March 2022
Abstract
Piety for Muslim women is an internal source of agency that motivates their social presence and fulfills their political commitments. In spite of the prevalence of Orientalist views ... Read MoreCultural 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 MoreThe 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 MoreA 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 MorePortrayal 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 MoreBaraza, 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 MoreAn 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 MoreA 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 MoreVoA 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 MoreKnowledge 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 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 MoreA Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 549-572
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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 MoreSocial Factors in Cartoon Analysis through French Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 255-279