02845nam 2200757Ia 450 991097079570332120200520144314.0978161797010816179701079781617973758161797375097819361902491936190249(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(Perlego)1468079(EXLCZ)99267000000001298220070723d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPopular Egyptian cinema gender, class, and nation /Viola Shafik1st ed.Cairo ;New York American University in Cairo Press20071 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9789774160530 9774160533 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 Viola1961-1809080MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970795703321Popular Egyptian cinema4359685UNINA