Film in the Middle East and North Africa : creative dissidence / edited by Josef Gugler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gugler, Josef.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Political aspects--Middle East.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--Africa, North.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Middle East.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Africa, North.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

Middle East--In motion pictures.

Middle East.

Africa, North--In motion pictures.

Africa, North.

North Africa.

Middle East Region.

Physical Description:

xii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.

Contents:

Preface

Creative responses to conflict / Josef Gugler

Regime critics confront censorship in Iranian cinema / Eric Egan. The hidden half (Tahmineh Milani): love, idealism, and politics / Fakhreddin Azimi

Marriage of the blessed (Mohsen Makhmalbaf): the wounds of war and the betrayal of the revolution / Eric Egan

Under the skin of the city (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad): under the surface contrasts / Rini Cobbey

Stray dogs (Marziyeh Meshkini): cruelty and humanity amid hardship in Afghanistan / Eric Egan

Tolerated parodies of politics in Syrian cinema / Lisa Wedeen. The dupes (Tawfik Saleh): three generations uprooted from Palestine and betrayed / Nadia Yaqub

The extras (Nabil Maleh): lovers suffer the twin repressions of patriarchal culture and a police state / Josef Gugler

Lebanese cinema and the representation of war / Lina Khatib. In the shadows of the city (Jean Khalil Chamoun): reconciling the diverse legacies of a collective memory / Edward Gibeau

Israeli cinema engaging the conflict / Nurith Gertz and Yael Munk. Kedma (Amos Gitai): the birth of two nations at war / Nurith Gertz, Gal Hermoni, and Yael Munk

Avanti popolo (Rafi Bukaee): battle cry of the fallen / Judd Ne'eman and Yael Munk

A chronicle of Palestinian cinema / Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi. Waiting (Rashid Masharawi): a scattered people waiting for a shared future / Nadia Yaqub

Tale of the three jewels (Michel Khleifi): children living and dreaming amid violence in Gaza / Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi

Paradise now (Hany Abu-Assad): narrating a failed politics / Nadia Yaqub

Political film in Egypt / Walter Armbrust. Destiny (Youssef Chahine): liberal and fundamentalist Islam clash amid the splendor of twelfth-century Andalusia / Josef Gugler

Closed doors (Atef Hetata): the attractions of fundamentalism / Josef Gugler and Kim Jensen

Cinema and state in Tunisia / Florence Martin

Bedwin hacker (Nadia El Fani): a hacker challenges Western domination of the global media / Josef Gugler

From state production to cinéma d'auteur in Algeria / Roy Armes. Days of glory (Rachid Bouchareb): another vision of French history / Olivier Barlet

Hamlet of women (Mohamed Chouikh): village chronicles from a time of terrorism / Denise Brahimi

Morocco: a national cinema with large ambitions / Kevin Dwyer. Ali Zaoua, prince of the streets (Nabil Ayouch): the harsh life of street children and the poetics of childhood / Josef Gugler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780292723276

029272327X

OCLC:

607973981