Visual Representation of the Modern Domestic Space in Iranian Printed Media (1925-1979)
Öz
This paper investigates the visual representation of the modern domestic space in printed media, particularly, women’s interest publications during the Pahlavi period in Iran. The aim of the study is to understand how the notion of ‘being modern’ regarding the domestic space was explained and visualized in printed media. In other words, the main concern of this study is to explore the concepts that were mostly taken into account in the formation of the modern domestic space in Iranian publications. Therefore, publications targeted at women in the Pahlavi period were scrutinized as the study medium to display both ideas and representations around the domestic space. In these publications, visual tools including photographs, sketches, and advertisements along with texts were rigorously analyzed. The findings of the research highlighted that the ideas in terms of the modern domestic space were very similar to the notions on the modern woman. In order to bring a modern identity to the woman and the domestic space, the abandonment of traditional principles and codes were considered as the initial and necessary step. Consequently, modern concepts including women’s education, health, unveiling, and beautiful appearance were introduced in parallel with the concepts of functional, hygienic, visible, and pleasant domestic space in mass media.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Modern domestic space, Iran, visual representation, printed publication
Teşekkür
This paper is based on unpublished PhD dissertation entitled “Changing Discourses on Visibility and Invisibility in Iranian Domestic Architecture: A Case Study in Vali-Asr District in Tabriz (1980-2000)” by the author completed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. F. Cânâ Bilsel and co-supervision of Prof. Dr. Jale A. Erzen in the Department of Architecture at Middle East Technical University in Turkey in 2018.
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