Arab animation : images of identity / Omar Sayfo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sayfo, Omar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Arab countries.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Omar Sayfo textually analyses around 40 animation productions in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, the Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, from the 1930s until recently, showing how cartoons have engaged in the making and remaking of religious and political identities.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Mediating National Identities in Arab Animation

3 Arab Animated Sitcoms: Vehicles for the Mediation of Critical Notions of National Identities

4 Approaches to Pan-Arab Identities

5 Advocating Islamic Identities in Arab Animation

6 The Arab Spring of Animation

7 Epilogue: Can Arab Animation Go Global?

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-7951-0

1-4744-7950-2

OCLC:

1306538893