Author Archive for: ‘Rosa Holman’

Holding a Mirror to Iran: Liminality and Ambivalence in Shirin Neshat’s Women Without Men

The recent proliferation of Iranian women’s diasporic cinema testifies to the importance of recognising and mapping current trends within the growing field of transnational cinema. In particular, the contribution of exilic and émigré filmmakers reveals the creation of new intercultural cinematic narratives, identities and production methodologies. In her debut feature, Women Without Men (2010), Shirin Neshat inscribes not only her …

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