Screens and veils :: Maghrebi women's cinema /

Examined within their economic, cultural, and political context, the work of women Maghrebi filmmakers forms a cohesive body of work. Florence Martin examines the intersections of nation and gender in seven films, showing how directors turn around the politics of the gaze as they play with the vario...

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1. Verfasser: Martin, Florence, 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:New directions in national cinemas.
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Zusammenfassung:Examined within their economic, cultural, and political context, the work of women Maghrebi filmmakers forms a cohesive body of work. Florence Martin examines the intersections of nation and gender in seven films, showing how directors turn around the politics of the gaze as they play with the various meanings of the Arabic term hijab (veil, curtain, screen). Martin analyzes these films on their own theoretical terms, developing the notion of "transvergence" to examine how Maghrebi women's cinema is flexi.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 271 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253005656
0253005655
9786613626431
6613626430

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