| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 202 pages) : illustrations |
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Palgrave studies in Arab cinema |
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Palgrave studies in Arab cinema.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: Tangier and Paris Multiculturalism and Feminism -- Chapter 2: Tangier and (Re)Turn to Fes: A Door to the Sky (1988) -- Chapter 3: Faridas great halqa throughout Morocco & beyond -- Chapter 4: Tangier and the world: Juanita Narboni (2005) -- Chapter 5: The Sahara, the Atlas, and Tangier |
| Summary |
'A marvelous and timely book on Moroccos national treasure Farida Benlyazid. An elegant and playful spiral structure accommodates Martins deep understanding of Benlyazid's many contexts, from the socioeconomic to the spiritual.' ----Laura Marks, Simon Fraser University, Canada 'Florence Martin has achieved an into-depth exploration of a unique and unequalled Moroccan female cineaste-biography. Well-written, nuanced and historically informed.' ---Viola Shafik, Independent scholar and filmmaker, Berlin, Germany and Cairo, Egypt This book project unfolds and analyzes the work of Moroccan director, producer, and scriptwriter Farida Benlyazid, whose career extends from the beginning of cinema in independent Morocco to the present. This study of her work and career provides a unique perspective on an under-represented cinema, the gender politics of cinema in Morocco, and the contribution of Arab women directors to global cinema and to a gendered understanding of Muslim ethics and aesthetics in film. A pioneer in Moroccan cinema, Farida Benlyazid has been successful at negotiating the sometimes abrupt turns of Moroccos rocky 20th century history: from Morocco under French occupation to the advent of Moroccan independence in 1956; the end of the international status of Tangier, her native city, in 1959; the years of lead under the reign of Hassan II; and finally Mohamed VIs current reign since 1999. As a result, she has a long view of Moroccos politics of self-representation as well as of the representation of Moroccan women on screen Florence Martin is Dean John Blackford Van Meter Professor of French Transnational Studies at Goucher College, USA. She is the author of Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Womens Cinema (2011) and the co-author (with Will Higbee and Jamal Bahmad) of Moroccan Cinema Uncut: Decentred Voices, Transnational Perspectives (2020) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Benlyazid, Farida -- Criticism and interpretation
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Motion pictures -- Morocco -- History
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Motion pictures
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Morocco
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031406164 |
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3031406168 |
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