Filming the Modern Middle East - Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World

Informationen zum Autor Lecturer in World Cinema! Royal Holloway University of London. Klappentext Lina Khatib examines the cinematic depictions of major political issues! from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War! to Islamic fundamentalism! looking at films made in the US! in Egypt! Tunisia! Morocco! Lebanon! Syria and Palestine. She explores cinema's role as a tool of nationalism in the US and the Arab world! and the challenges the Arab cinemas present to Hollywood's dominant representations of Middle Eastern politics. Presents an investigation of how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences. This book examines the cinematic depictions of political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism, and covers films made in the USA, in Egypt, Tunisia, and others. Zusammenfassung Presents an investigation of how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences. This book examines the cinematic depictions of political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism, and covers films made in the USA, in Egypt, Tunisia, and others.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lina Khatib
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.09.2006
• EAN: 9781845111915
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-191-5
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: Library of Modern Middle East Studies; Library of Modern Middle East; Library of Modern Middle East; Library of Modern Middle East Studies
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft