Entering Iranian Homes: Privacy Borders and Hospitality in Iranian Movies

The architecture of homes in Iran has changed significantly over the past four decades since 1979 Iranian revolution. We ask how these architectural changes shift neighborhood relationships and they transform Iranians’ hospitality rituals practices. conducted a qualitative content analysis eighteen movies filmed after They allowed us to make comparisons among various dwelling patterns relationships. argue that representations reflect changes, demonstrating impact on interactions. Our focus this article is borders privacy, power dynamics neighborhoods families, communication forms better understand changing through lens cinema. Additionally, we engage with Goffman’s (1956) concepts frontstage backstage, are not dichotomous, although opposites, there can be thinning along thickening backstage. Entrances often gradual, visitors may gradually penetrate layers as become closer (emotionally space) heart home’s (and its occupants’)