Negotiating dissidence : the pioneering women of Arab documentary / Stefanie Van de Peer.

Negotiating dissidence : the pioneering women of Arab documentary / Stefanie Van de Peer.

In spite of harsh censorship, conservative morals and a lack of investment, women documentarists in the Arab world have found ways to subtly negotiate dissidence in their films, something that is becoming more apparent since the 'Arab Revolutions'. In this book, Stefanie Van de Peer traces...

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Author / Contributor: Van de Peer, Stefanie (Author)
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2017]
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Censorship > Africa, North > History.
Censorship > Middle East > History.
Documentary films > Africa, North > History and criticism.
Documentary films > Middle East > History and criticism.
Women motion picture producers and directors > Africa, North > History.
Women motion picture producers and directors > Middle East > History.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Ateyyat El Abnoudy: Poetic Realism in Egyptian Documentaries
  • Jocelyne Saab: Artistic-Journalistic Documentaries in Lebanese Times of War
  • Selma Baccar: Non-fiction in Tunisia, the Land of Fictions
  • Assia Djebar: Algerian Images-son in Experimental Documentaries
  • Mai Masri: Mothering Film-makers in Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema
  • Izza Genini: The Performance of Heritage in Moroccan Music Documentaries
  • Hala Alabdallah Yakoub: Documentary as Poetic Subjective Experience in Syria.

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