Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity: Revised and Updated Edition

by Viola Shafik

Book Overview

Since it was first published, Viola Shafik's Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity has become an indispensable work for scholars of film and the contemporary Middle East. Combining detailed narrative history-economic, ideological, and aesthetic-with thought-provoking analysis, Arab Cinema provides a comprehensive overview of cinema in the Arab world, tracing the industry's development from colonial times to the present. Now updated to reflect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774166906
• ISBN13: 9789774166907
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 9.0"