Popular Egyptian cinema : gender, class, and nation /

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. She examines these films against the backdrop of the country's overall socio-political development, from the eme...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Shafik, Viola, 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cairo, Egypt ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2007.
Ausgabe:[North American version].
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I. Nation. The other ; The allegorical nation
  • Part II. Gender. Feminism and femininity ; Female stardom, myth production, and morality
  • Part III. Class. Negotiating class through genre ; Audiences and class.