Volume 14, Issue 28 (6-2024)
SciJPH 2024, 14(28): 77-94 |
Back to browse issues page
Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Keshavari E, Rayani Makhsous M, Aref M. Cultural semiotics of the position of Afghan immigrants based on the films of the Mahmoudi brothers. SciJPH 2024; 14 (28) :77-94
URL: http://ph.aui.ac.ir/article-1-1415-en.html
URL: http://ph.aui.ac.ir/article-1-1415-en.html
1- phD student of art research, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, department of Theatre, Faculty of Art, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran. ,meh.rayani_makhsoos@iauctb.ac.ir
3- Associate Professor, department of Theatre, Faculty of Art, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, department of Theatre, Faculty of Art, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran. ,
3- Associate Professor, department of Theatre, Faculty of Art, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (419 Views)
In this article, an attempt is made to make use of the "center-margin" category in Lutman's cultural semiotics to read the films "How many cubic meters of love", "Going", "Breaking twenty bones at the same time" jointly produced by the brothers Mahmoudi (Navid and Jamshid) should take place. Many researches have been done in connection with the presence of Afghan immigrants and their settling in the outskirts of Iranian cities, but what is tangible after the passage of about forty years of their presence in Iran is their progress and the change of their cultural position and the increase of interactions with Iranian activists. An issue that has not been paid much attention to in the current research. Therefore, this article tries to improve their position in Iran's geography by using the concept of residence. In fact, the purpose of this research is to show this path with an emphasis on the settlements of the immigrants. Therefore, the research question can be posed as follows: in what order has the process of changing the cultural position of Afghan immigrants from the periphery to the center been carried out? This research indicates that the Afghan immigrants adopted the approach of "center and periphery" at the beginning of their arrival, but over time, with increasing interactions with Iran, they progressed from the periphery to the center. In this situation, the duo abandoned the "center-periphery" and occupied transcultural, countercultural and marginal cultural spaces. The signs indicate that they have not yet entered the central cultural space. The selection of these spaces and the forward movement of immigrants can be investigated through spatial signs, i.e. changes in the structure of their residences, as well as non-spatial signs such as the speech and actions of Iranians and Afghans. It should be noted that this qualitative research was conducted in the form of documents, relying on visual and written sources and written in a descriptive-analytical way.
Keywords: Cultural semiotics, Yuri Lutman, Roland Posner, Mahmoudi brothers, position of Afghan immigrants, "Center-periphery".
Send email to the article author
| Rights and permissions | |
 |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
