New voices in arab cinema / / Roy Armes

• Autore: Armes Roy
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4309174927
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures - Arab countries - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Characteristics of the New Cinema; 2. The Filmmakers; The New Importance of Women Filmmakers; Questions of Identity; Training; Funding; A Cosmopolitan Generation; 3. Documentary; Palestine; Lebanon; Egypt and the Maghreb; Iraq; Syria; 4. Feature Filmmaking; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Egypt; Lebanon; Palestine; Iraq; Syria; The Gulf; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: New Voices in Arab Cinema focuses on contemporary filmmaking since the 1980's, but also considers the longer history of Arab cinema. Taking into consideration film from the Middle East and North Africa and giving a special nod to films produced since the Arab Spring and the Syrian crisis, Roy Armes explores themes such as modes of production, national cinemas, the role of the state and private industry on film, international developments in film, key filmmakers, and the validity of current notions like globalization, migration and immigration, and exile. This landmark book offers both a coherent
• Titolo autorizzato: New voices in arab cinema
• ISBN: 0-253-01528-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460948403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II