A Social History of Iranian Cinema

This is a book review of A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897-1941 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2011); A Social History of Iranian Cinema , Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941-1978 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2011); A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978-1984 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2012); and A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984-2010 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2012), all by Hamid Naficy