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Afghanistan in the Cinema
Mark Graham
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Description for Afghanistan in the Cinema
Paperback. An introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film that examines the often surprising combination of propaganda and poetry in films made in Hollywood and the East. It incorporates incisive analysis of the market factors, funding sources, and political agendas that have shaped the films. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
In this timely critical introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film, Mark Graham examines the often surprising combination of propaganda and poetry in films made in Hollywood and the East. Through the lenses of postcolonial theory and historical reassessment, Graham analyzes what these films say about Afghanistan, Islam, and the West and argues that they are integral tools for forming discourse on Afghanistan, a means for understanding and avoiding past mistakes, and symbols of the country's shaky but promising future. Thoughtfully addressing many of the misperceptions about Afghanistan perpetuated in the West, Afghanistan in the Cinema incorporates incisive analysis ... Read more
In this timely critical introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film, Mark Graham examines the often surprising combination of propaganda and poetry in films made in Hollywood and the East. Through the lenses of postcolonial theory and historical reassessment, Graham analyzes what these films say about Afghanistan, Islam, and the West and argues that they are integral tools for forming discourse on Afghanistan, a means for understanding and avoiding past mistakes, and symbols of the country's shaky but promising future. Thoughtfully addressing many of the misperceptions about Afghanistan perpetuated in the West, Afghanistan in the Cinema incorporates incisive analysis ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077128
SKU
V9780252077128
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About Mark Graham
Mark Graham is the author of How Islam Created the Modern World and several works of fiction, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning novel The Black Maria: A Mystery of Old Philadelphia. He lives in Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Afghanistan in the Cinema
Thrillingly, dangerously pivotal. If the value of movies about Afghanistan is understanding Afghanistan, this book is a wonder. Essential.
Choice Afghanistan in the Cinema challenges us to see through the web of barely visible ideology spun by pundits and politicians.
ExpressMilwaukee.com In analyzing film depictions of Afghanistan, Mark Graham makes a wise and rarely heard argument ... Read more
Choice Afghanistan in the Cinema challenges us to see through the web of barely visible ideology spun by pundits and politicians.
ExpressMilwaukee.com In analyzing film depictions of Afghanistan, Mark Graham makes a wise and rarely heard argument ... Read more