TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shafik,Viola
TI  - Arab cinema: history and cultural identity 
SN  - 9789774166907 (pbk.)
AV  - PN 1993.5 S525a 2016
U1  - 791.4309174927 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cairo, New York
PB  - The American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - History
KW  - Cine
KW  - Historia y crítica
KW  - Países árabes
KW  - Cine árabe
KW  - Arabs in motion pictures
KW  - Arabes en el cine
N1  - Previous edition: 1998; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
N2  - A perennially popular text, now revised and updated
ER  -