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Filming the Modern Middle East
Lina Khatib
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Description for Filming the Modern Middle East
Paperback. Presents an investigation of how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences. This book examines the cinematic depictions of political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism, and covers films made in the USA, in Egypt, Tunisia, and others. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
'Filming the Modern Middle East' is the first comparative investigation of how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences. Lina Khatib examines the cinematic depictions of major political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism, and covers films made in the USA, in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. She explores cinema's role as a tool of nationalism in the USA and the Arab world, and the challenges the Arab cinemas present to Hollywood's dominant representations of Middle Eastern politics. But, she also reveals ... Read more
'Filming the Modern Middle East' is the first comparative investigation of how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences. Lina Khatib examines the cinematic depictions of major political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism, and covers films made in the USA, in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. She explores cinema's role as a tool of nationalism in the USA and the Arab world, and the challenges the Arab cinemas present to Hollywood's dominant representations of Middle Eastern politics. But, she also reveals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845111915
SKU
V9781845111915
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About Lina Khatib
Lecturer in World Cinema, Royal Holloway University of London.
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