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Humor in Middle Eastern cinema / edited by Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.M53 H86 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary approaches to film and media series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Middle East.
- Motion pictures.
- Wit and humor in motion pictures.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 282 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 Humor, Loss, and the Possibility for Politics in Recent Palestinian Cinema / Najat Rahman Rahman, Najat 31
- 2 Strategies of Subversion in Ben Ali's Tunisia: Allegory and Satire in Moncef Dhouib's The TV Is Coming / Robert Lang Lang, Robert 56
- 3 Satiric Traversals in the Comedy of Mehran Modiri: Space, Irony, and National Allegory on Iranian Television / Cyrus Ali Zargar Zargar, Cyrus Ali 79
- 4 Ethnic Humor, Stereotypes, and Cultural Power in Israeli Cinema / Elise Burton Burton, Elise 104
- 5 The Laughter of Youssef Chabine / Najat Rahman Rahman, Najat 126
- 6 Comedic Mediations: War and Genre in The Outcasts / Somy Kim Kim, Somy 145
- 7 Humor and the Cinematic Sublime in Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us / Gayatri Devi Devi, Gayatri 161
- 8 America the Oppressively Funny: Humor and Anti-Americanisms in Modern Turkish Cinema / Perin Gurel Gurel, Perin 188
- 9 Laughter Across Borders: The Case of the Bollywood Film Tere Bin Laden / Mara Matta Matta, Mara 214.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Filmography: pages 257-258.
- ISBN:
- 9780814339374
- 0814339379
- OCLC:
- 870987790
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