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Screens and veils : Maghrebi women's cinema

By Martin , Florence

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780253005656, 0253005655
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6879832 bytes)
Series
New directions in national cinemas
Pages
271\286
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Motion pictures -- AfricaNorth -- History -- 20th century. Motion picturesNorth -- History -- 21st century. Women motion picNorth -- In motion pictures. Fine Arts. ART -- FilNorth. Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- AfricaNorth. Women in motion pictures. Africa

Description

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 terms, developing the notion of "transvergence" to examine how Maghrebi women's cinema is flexi. Read more... Abstract: Discusses the cinematic vision of North African women's directors Read more...

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