Muslims in the movies : a global anthology / edited by Kristian Petersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petersen, Kristian, 1979- editor.

Series:

Mizan series ; 5.

Mizan series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Ilex Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, [2021]

Summary:

"Muslims in the Movies provides a series of essays that explore the portrayal and reception of Muslims in Euro-American film, transnational productions, and global national cinemas. The volume brings together a group of internationally recognized experts to introduce Muslims in the films of Europe, North America, Australia, Iran, Egypt, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The interdisciplinary collection explores issues of identity, cultural production, and representation through the depiction of Muslims on screen and how audiences respond to these images. Together, the essays operate as an introduction to the subject of Muslims and film for new readers while also serving as new works of critical analysis for scholars of cinema"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Approaching Muslims in the Movies / Kristian Petersen

The Cinematic Secularization of Muhammad Ali / M. Cooper Harriss

"Beware of Them Cameras": Film Representations of Malcolm X / Michael Muhammad Knight

The Incidental Muslim: The Characters We Overlook / Hussein Rashid

"Then It Was 1989, the Year the World Changed": Shifting Representations of British Muslims Before 9/11 / Claire Chambers

Negotiating Queerness in the Ismaili Diaspora in the Films of Ian Iqbal Rashid / Alberto Fernandez Carbajal

Integration Through Conversion: Discourses of Islam and the musulman laic in Contemporary French Cinema / Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi

Laughing at the Other: Muslims in Italian Comedies / Michela Ardizzoni

Strong Girls and Lost Boys? Growing up Muslim in Nordic Films / Sofia Sjo

Muslims in Australian Cinema: The Future of Listening Across Difference / Mehal Krayem

Truth, Lies, and Justice: The Fragmented Picture in Asghar Farhadi's Films / Nacim Pak-Shiraz

Subverting Stereotypes through a Saudi Film: Wadjda, Gender, and Islam / Elliott Bazzano

Harems and Hudud: Gendered Space in Farida Benlyazid's Bab al-Sama Maftuh / Rebecca Moody

School of Satan: al-Azhar's Censure of Egyptian Cinema Coincides with the Vogue of Islamic History Films / Mohannad Ghawanmeh

"There Goes the Neighborhood": Film Soundstages and the Islamicate Public in Northern Nigeria / Abdalla Uba Adamu

Sufi Aesthetics and the Making of Islam in Bollywood / Syed Haider

Comedies of Terror: Strategic Offenses and Genre Tactics / Samhita Sunya

Cinema of Misrecognition: Islam, Gender, and the Terrorist In Contemporary Indonesian Film / Alicia Izharuddin

Debating Polygamy in Indonesian Cinema / Thomas Barker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780674257788

0674257782

OCLC:

1198019176

Publisher Number:

99988585621