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New voices in Arab cinema / Roy Armes.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2015Description: xiv, 333 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780253015228 (softcover : acid-free paper)
  • 9780253015167 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.430917
LOC classification:
  • PN 1993.5 A728n 2015
Contents:
Introduction -- Characteristics of the new cinema -- The filmmakers. The new importance of women filmmakers -- Questions of identity -- Training -- Funding -- A cosmopolitan generation -- Documentary. Palestine -- Lebanon -- Egypt and Maghreb -- Iraq -- Syria -- Feature filmmaking. Algeria -- Morocco -- Tunisia -- Egypt -- Lebanon -- Palestine -- Iraq -- Syria -- The Gulf.
Summary: Focuses on contemporary filmmaking since the 1980s, but also considers the longer history of Arab cinema. This book offers both a coherent, historical overview and an in-depth critical analysis of Arab filmmaking.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1993.5 A728n 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000120765

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index.

Introduction -- Characteristics of the new cinema -- The filmmakers. The new importance of women filmmakers -- Questions of identity -- Training -- Funding -- A cosmopolitan generation -- Documentary. Palestine -- Lebanon -- Egypt and Maghreb -- Iraq -- Syria -- Feature filmmaking. Algeria -- Morocco -- Tunisia -- Egypt -- Lebanon -- Palestine -- Iraq -- Syria -- The Gulf.

Focuses on contemporary filmmaking since the 1980s, but also considers the longer history of Arab cinema. This book offers both a coherent, historical overview and an in-depth critical analysis of Arab filmmaking.

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