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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1. Verfasser: Shafik, Viola 1961- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cairo ; New York The American University in Cairo Press 2007
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Zusammenfassung: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 emergence of the film industry in the 1930s, through the Nasser and Sadat eras, up to the era of globalization.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 327-338
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ISBN:9774160533
9789774160530