The ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran was revealed to the Holy Prophet, the month of fasting.
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Tehran's Nightlife and Public Space: Between Popular Culture and Heritage of Shia's Rituals
Narciss M. Sohrabi (Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre, France) and Mona Kazemian (Independent Researcher, France)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7004-3.ch008
Abstract
Global literature provides indicators of vibrant urban spaces with night activities that differ based on the historical and spatial, demographic, and cultural settings. This study aims to investigate Tehran's nightlife with an emphasis on the effects of these settings on nightlife. Scanning literature figured out that nightlife is a prominent manifestation of the complex, dynamic, and increasing relationship between the components of the economy, society, and culture. In the reflection on the case study of Tehran, nightlife can be examined from objective-physical-functional and mental-psycho-perceptual viewpoints. The concluded remarks indicate that in creating the nightlife, it is crucial to redefining the three factors of cultural areas: people, time, and creativity. The results also showed the effect of urban space components (body, function, and meaning) on nightlife in Tehran. The ambition is to deepen the understanding of ongoing transformations in regulating, using, and experiencing the nightlife during religious ceremonies compared to regular nights.