The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema
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The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema by Malek Khouri
In a major addition to the academic library on the cinema of Youssef Chahine and on Arab and Egyptian cinema in general, Malek Khouri here presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date study on Chahine's work to appear since his death in 2008. The methodological approach of the book, and more precisely the discussion of the theme of Arab national unity from a post-colonial point of view, emphasizes the ideological underpinnings of this Egyptian director's themes as well as his esthetics. The author focuses on the interaction between Chahine's personal and political preoccupations, his eclectic cinematic style, and his devotion to connecting with a wide audience of filmgoers. The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema is an important contribution to original scholarship in the fields of cultural studies, sociology of film, and history of cinema, and will be of great interest to scholars, students, and cinema lovers all over the world.
Malek Khouri is the author of Filming Politics: Communism and the Portrayal of the Working Class at the National Film Board of Canada (1939–46) and co-editor of Working on Screen: Representations of the Working Class in Canadian Cinema. He is currently director of the Film Program in the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at the American University in Cairo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789774163548 |
| ISBN 10 | 9774163540 |
| Title | The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema |
| Author | Malek Khouri |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The American University in Cairo Press |
| Year published | 2010-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 308 |
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