New voices in arab cinema / Roy Armes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armes, Roy, author.

Contributor:

Project Muse, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Arab countries--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New Voices in Arab Cinema focuses on contemporary filmmaking since the 1980's, but also considers the longer history of Arab cinema. Taking into consideration film from the Middle East and North Africa and giving a special nod to films produced since the Arab Spring and the Syrian crisis, Roy Armes explores themes such as modes of production, national cinemas, the role of the state and private industry on film, international developments in film, key filmmakers, and the validity of current notions like globalization, migration and immigration, and exile. This landmark book offers both a coherent

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Characteristics of the New Cinema; 2. The Filmmakers; The New Importance of Women Filmmakers; Questions of Identity; Training; Funding; A Cosmopolitan Generation; 3. Documentary; Palestine; Lebanon; Egypt and the Maghreb; Iraq; Syria; 4. Feature Filmmaking; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Egypt; Lebanon; Palestine; Iraq; Syria; The Gulf; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 28, 2015).

ISBN:

9780253015280

0253015286

OCLC:

903357019