Surviving images: cinema, war, and cultural memory in the Middle East

'Surviving Images' explores the prominent role of cinema in the development of cultural memory around war and conflict in colonial and postcolonial contexts. It does so through a study of three historical eras: the colonial period, the national independence struggle, and the postcolonial....

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1. Verfasser: Rastegar, Kamran 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
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Zusammenfassung:'Surviving Images' explores the prominent role of cinema in the development of cultural memory around war and conflict in colonial and postcolonial contexts. It does so through a study of three historical eras: the colonial period, the national independence struggle, and the postcolonial. This work aims both to fill a gap in the critical literature on Middle Eastern cinemas and to contribute more broadly to scholarship on social trauma and cultural memory in colonial and postcolonial contexts
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 235 Seiten) illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780199390182
9780199390199
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199390168.001.0001