ReFocus : films of Rachid Bouchareb / edited by Michael Gott and Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gott, Michael, Author.

Contributor:

Kealhofer-Kemp, Leslie, editor.

Gott, Michael, editor.

Series:

ReFocus: the international directors series.

ReFocus: the international directors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bouchareb, Rachid.

Motion picture producers and directors--France--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages).

Other Title:

Films of Rachid Bouchareb

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

Summary:

Examines the diverse oeuvre of internationally recognized French-Algerian director Rachid BoucharebDevotes attention to Bouchareb’s under-explored films, including the Oscar- nominated Poussières de vie/Dust of Life (1994), those shot in English, and recent made-for- television filmsOffers an interdisciplinary approach to Bouchareb’s work, drawing on gender studies, cinema studies, French and francophone studies, Islamic studies, and history, among othersHighlights connections between Bouchareb’s diverse films while offering a broader exploration of the arc of the director’s careerConsiders Bouchareb in the context of new critical explorations of cinéma-monde as a global auteur whose work – in French, English and beyond – extends beyond the narrow French national contextReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb is the first book-length study of the internationally recognized director’s films. Bouchareb was one of France’s first filmmakers of North African descent and his career as a director and producer now spans over 35 years. Remarkably varied in their themes, formal elements and narrative settings, Bouchareb’s work has engaged with and reflected on a variety of crucial social, political and historical issues; from the role of colonial troops in the French army during the Second World War, to terrorism in contemporary Europe. This volume examines Bouchareb’s films from an interdisciplinary perspective, exploring key influences on his output and considering new theoretical approaches to his filmmaking.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Note on Translations

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Rachid Bouchareb— A Global French Filmmaker

PART I A Multidimensional Oeuvre

1 Rachid Bouchareb’s Cinema as a “Vehicle for Encounters”: Cultural Mixings and the Pre-production Process

2 The Road from Baton Rouge: Mapping Rachid Bouchareb’s Transnational Mobile Movies

3 Questions of Gender and Embodiment in the Intimiste Films of Rachid Bouchareb

4 Genre and Universalism in the Films of Rachid Bouchareb

5 The American Dimensions of Rachid Bouchareb’s Cinema

6 We Could Be Heroes: “Arabs” Becoming Brave in Rachid Bouchareb’s Cinema

7 Globalization, Cinema, and Terrorism in Rachid Bouchareb’s Films: London River, Baton Rouge, and Little Senegal

PART II Case Studies

8 Aesthetics of Confinement: Space, Memento Mori, and the Recording of History in Rachid Bouchareb’s Poussières de vie/Dust of Life

9 The Door of No Return: A Cinema of (Up)rooting and Decentering in Rachid Bouchareb’s Little Senegal

10 Rachid Bouchareb’s Hors la loi/ Outside the Law: A Lesson in History, Reception, and Artistic License

11 Postcolonial Feminism, Gender, and Genre in Rachid Bouchareb’s Just Like a Woman

12 Relations of Disjuncture in a “World-in-motion”: Rachid Bouchareb’s La Voie de l’ennemi/ Two Men in Town

Appendix: Filmography of Rachid Bouchareb

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6653-2

OCLC:

1312727177