Body Beautiful: Making the Figure of Women in Film, Contemplation on the Iranian New-Wave Cinema of the Past Decade

Sholeh Shahrokhi

Body Beautiful: Making the Figure of Women in Film, Contemplation on the Iranian New-Wave Cinema of the Past Decade

Sholeh Shahrokhi

Butler University

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Original language	American English
Journal	UCLA Center for the Study of Women
State	Published - Feb 1 2009

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Sociology
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Body Beautiful: Making the Figure of Women in Film, Contemplation on the Iranian New-Wave Cinema of the Past Decade

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