Ebook: Screens and veils : Maghrebi women's cinema
Author: Martin Florence
- Tags: Motion pictures -- Africa North -- History -- 20th century. Motion pictures -- Africa North -- History -- 21st century. Women motion picture producers and directors -- Africa North. Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Africa North. Women in motion pictures. Africa North -- In motion pictures. Fine Arts. ART -- Film & Video. PERFORMING
- Series: New directions in national cinemas
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- City: Africa, North, Bloomington, Africa, North
- Language: English
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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 Read more...
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