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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Cairo, Egypt ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
2007.
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| Edition: | [North American version]. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=891166 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.