Arab Modernism as World Cinema: The Films of Moumen Smihi

by Peter Limbrick

Arab Modernism as World Cinema explores the radically beautiful films of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi, demonstrating the importance of Moroccan and Arab film cultures in histories of world cinema. Addressing the legacy of the Nahda or "Arab Renaissance" of the nineteenth and early twentieth century--when Arab writers and artists reenergized Arab culture by engaging with other languages and societies--Peter Limbrick argues that Smihi's films take...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520330579
• ISBN13: 9780520330573
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"