Arab cinema : history and cultural identity /

"Since it was first published in 1998, Viola Shafik's Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity has become an indispensable work for scholars of film and the contemporary Middle East. Combining detailed narrative history - economic, ideological, and aesthetic - with thought-provoking anal...

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Main Author: Shafik, Viola, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Cairo, Egypt ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2007.
Edition:New revised edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The history of Arab cinema
  • Artistic roots of Arab cinema
  • Cultural identity and genre
  • Conclusion
  • Arab cinema today: a postscript.