{"product_id":"iranian-music-and-popular-entertainment","title":"Iranian Music and Popular Entertainment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe word \u003ci\u003emotreb \u003c\/i\u003efinds its roots in the Arabic verb \u003ci\u003etaraba\u003c\/i\u003e, meaning ‘to make happy.’ Originally denoting all musicians in Iran, \u003ci\u003emotrebi\u003c\/i\u003e came to be associated, pejoratively, with the cheerful vulgarity of the lowbrow entertainer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIranian Music and Popular Entertainment,\u003c\/i\u003e GJ Breyley and Sasan Fatemi examine the historically overlooked \u003ci\u003emotrebi \u003c\/i\u003emilieu, with its marginalized characters, from \u003ci\u003eluti\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003egardan koloft\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003emashti\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the tenacity of \u003ci\u003emotreb\u003c\/i\u003e who continued their careers against all odds. They then turn to \u003ci\u003elosanjelesi\u003c\/i\u003e, the most pervasive form of Iranian popular music that developed as \u003ci\u003emotrebi\u003c\/i\u003e declined, and related musical forms in Iran and its diasporic popular cultural centre, Los Angeles. For the first time in English, the book makes available musical transcriptions, analysis and lyrics that illustrate the complexities of this history. As it presents the findings of the authors’ years of ethnographic work with the history’s protagonists, from senior \u003ci\u003emotreb\u003c\/i\u003e to pop-rock stars, the book reveals parallels between the decline of \u003ci\u003emotrebi\u003c\/i\u003e and the rise of ‘modernity.’ In the twentieth century, the fate of Tehran’s\u003ci\u003e motrebi\u003c\/i\u003e music was shaped by the social and urban polarization that ensued from the modern market economy, and \u003ci\u003elosanjelesi \u003c\/i\u003ewould be similarly affected by transnational relations, revolution, war and migration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough its detailed and informed examination of Iranian popular music, this study reveals much about the values and anxieties of Iranian society, and is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Iranian society and history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234136019288,"sku":"9780415575126","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415575126.jpg?v=1777244429","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/iranian-music-and-popular-entertainment","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}