LEADER 03677nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910965278303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613028914 010 $a9781283028912 010 $a1283028913 010 $a9780252091391 010 $a0252091396 035 $a(CKB)3390000000006631 035 $a(OCoLC)709664749 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10603921 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542925 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11352915 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542925 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519584 035 $a(PQKB)10007558 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414126 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23717 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603921 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL302891 035 $a(OCoLC)923495939 035 $a(Perlego)2532635 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000006631 100 $a20090915d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfghanistan in the cinema /$fMark Graham 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780252035272 311 08$a0252035275 311 08$a9780252077128 311 08$a0252077121 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : haunted eyes -- Imperialist nostalgia. Getting in touch with our inner savage : The horsemen -- Butch and Sundance in Afghanistan : The man who would be king -- The new great game : Rambo III, The beast, and Charlie Wilson's war -- The burqa films. Land without images : Kandahar -- Afghan gothic : Osama -- Border crossings. The west unveiled : In this world -- The poetry of silence : Ellipsis -- A way to feel good again : The kite runner -- Conclusion : ending Charlie Wilson's war. 330 8 $aIn 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 of the market factors, funding sources, and political agendas that have shaped the films. The book considers a range of films, beginning with the 1970s epics The Man Who Would Become King and The Horsemen and following the shifts in representation of the Muslim world during the Russian War in films such as The Beast and Rambo III. Graham then moves on to Taliban-era films such as Kandahar, Osama, and Ellipsis, the first Afghan film directed by a woman. Lastly, the book discusses imperialist nostalgia in films such as Charlie Wilson's War and destabilizing visions represented in contemporary works such as The Kite Runner. 606 $aMotion pictures$xHistory 607 $aAfghanistan$xIn motion pictures 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/658581 700 $aGraham$b Mark$g(Mark A.),$f1970-$01805307 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965278303321 996 $aAfghanistan in the cinema$94353789 997 $aUNINA