Arab cinema : history and cultural identity / Viola Shafik.

By:

Shafik, Viola, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2016Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: vi, 423 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789774166907 (pbk.)
9774166906 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

Arabische Film. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

791.4309174927

LOC classification:

PN 1993.5 S525a 2016

Contents:

IntroductionTheoretical basisCulture and identity1. The History of Arab CinemaEncounter with a new mediumProduction during the colonial periodCinema and resistanceNational film making and the stateEducation and know-howHollywood or socialismThe crisis of the public sectorCensorshipCinema artisanal and coproductionDiversification in the satellite era2. Artistic Roots of Arab CinemaImage and symbolic arrangementThe theaterLanguage and the art of narrationMusic3. Cultural Identity and GenreThe literary adaptationRealismHistory in cinemaCinema d'auteur4. Conclusion5. Arab Cinema Today: A PostscriptThis postscriptArab filmmaking: old and newCinema in the Maghreb restructuredNew media and 'independent' cinemaLebanese film: war and antiheroismPalestine: the cost of resistanceIraq: deconstructing the nation?Syrian film: art or paralysis?Tunisia: the dogma of female liberationReconnecting to the popularNotesBibliographyIndex of TitlesIndex of Names

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 1993.5 S525a 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000189980