02706nam 2200685Ia 450 991079236370332120230120034345.01-61797-010-71-61797-375-01-936190-24-9(CKB)2670000000012982(EBL)1649024(SSID)ssj0000486629(PQKBManifestationID)11313479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486629(PQKBWorkID)10441950(PQKB)10061170(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035564(Au-PeEL)EBL3114733(CaPaEBR)ebr10409544(CaONFJC)MIL580539(OCoLC)948378152(Au-PeEL)EBL1635577(OCoLC)932343755(MiAaPQ)EBC3114733(MiAaPQ)EBC1649024(MiAaPQ)EBC1635577(EXLCZ)99267000000001298220070723d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPopular Egyptian cinema[electronic resource] gender, class, and nation /Viola ShafikCairo ;New York American University in Cairo Press20071 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.977-416-053-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.4160530 -- 9789774160530.In this groundbreaking work, film scholar Viola Shafik examines popular and commercial movies from Egypt's film industry, including a number of the biggest box-office hits widely distributed in Egypt and the Arab world. Turning a critical eye on a major player in Egyptian cultural life, Shafik examines these films against the backdrop of the country's overall socio-political development, from the emergence of the film industry in the 1930's, through the Nasser and Sadat eras, up to the era of globalization.In unearthing the largely contradictory meanings conveyed by different films, PopularMotion picturesEgyptNational characteristics in motion picturesSex role in motion picturesSocial classes in motion picturesMotion picturesNational characteristics in motion pictures.Sex role in motion pictures.Social classes in motion pictures.791.43791.430962Shafik Viola1961-1486113MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792363703321Popular Egyptian cinema3705514UNINA