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The arab national project in Youssef Chahine's cinema / Malek Khouri

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2010.Description: xxiii, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1936190516
  • 9781936190515
  • 9774163540
  • 9789774163548
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43
LOC classification:
  • PN 2978 K45a 2010
Contents:
An unfinished project : Chahine and the Arab national project -- Popular cinema and conceptualizing class and social change -- Political intervention and the struggle for national unity and liberation -- Institutional shifts and political divergences -- The prodigal director -- Identity and difference -- Resistance, heterogeneity, and historical memory -- Queer transgression and postcolonial ambivalence -- Religious fundamentalism and the power of history -- National liberation in the age of globalization -- Chahine as an author and as an Arab organic intellectual.
Summary: The methodological approach of the book, and more precisely the discussion of the theme of Arab national unity from a post-colonial point of view, emphasizes the ideological underpinnings of this Egyptian director's themes as well as his aesthetics. The author focuses on the interaction between Chahine's personal and political preoccupations, his eclectic cinematic style, and his devotion to connecting with a wide audience of filmgoers.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 2978 K45a 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000109821

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An unfinished project : Chahine and the Arab national project -- Popular cinema and conceptualizing class and social change -- Political intervention and the struggle for national unity and liberation -- Institutional shifts and political divergences -- The prodigal director -- Identity and difference -- Resistance, heterogeneity, and historical memory -- Queer transgression and postcolonial ambivalence -- Religious fundamentalism and the power of history -- National liberation in the age of globalization -- Chahine as an author and as an Arab organic intellectual.

The methodological approach of the book, and more precisely the discussion of the theme of Arab national unity from a post-colonial point of view, emphasizes the ideological underpinnings of this Egyptian director's themes as well as his aesthetics. The author focuses on the interaction between Chahine's personal and political preoccupations, his eclectic cinematic style, and his devotion to connecting with a wide audience of filmgoers.

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