Representation of the "sacred matter" in Kiarostami cinema based on Clifford Geertz's point of view

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Authors
fariba mirzayi nezhad ujani 1
Mehnaz Ronaghi Notash 2
Hourieh Dehghanshad 3
1 PhD in Culture and Communication in Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
2 Assistant Professor of Communication, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
3 Asistant professorDepartment of Communication Sciences, Social Sciences and Communication and Media, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/scm.2025.491059.1825
Abstract
In Clifford Geertz's anthropological system, the interpretation of "sacred matter" is done by studying the relationship between culture and religion. Sacred matters have a semiotic nature that is obtained by interpreting signs, studying rituals and extracting meaning from sacred signs. According to Geertz, belief in the sacredness of things is rooted in religious beliefs. It is in rituals that religious beliefs are formed in a person and the person internalizes it as a part of his existence. This research aims to present a model of the reality of people's worldview and represent them by studying rituals and beliefs with the help of a set of sacred symbols.

During the study of the films, it was observed that the sacred matter appears in the taste of cherries in the funeral ritual, and the soil appears as a sacred sign in the beliefs of people throughout the film. In the movie "The wind will take us away", the importance of the Gisobran religion is highlighted as a religious belief, and the movie "Life and nothing else" represents the concept of good and evil in a way that all good and bad events are seen as a sacred concept in the people's belief. is attributed

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Society Culture Media
Volume 14, Issue 54
Spring 2025
Pages 251-277

  • Receive Date 27 November 2024
  • Revise Date 05 April 2025
  • Accept Date 06 April 2025