Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 214 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
0857714287
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1441629661
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1845116275
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1845116283
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9781845116279
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9780755696697
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9781441629661
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9781845116286
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9780857714282
Series Statement:
Tauris world cinema series
Content:
Modern Lebanese cinema can best be explored in the context of the Civil War, in part because almost all the Lebanese films made since its outset in 1975 have been about this war. Lina Khatib takes 1975 Beirut as her starting point, and takes us right through to today for this, the first major book on Lebanese cinema and its links with politics and national identity. She examines how Lebanon is imagined in such films as Jocelyn Saab's "Once Upon a Time, Beirut", Ghassan Salhab's "Terra Incognita", and Ziad Doueiri's "West Beirut". In so doing, she re-examines the im
Content:
On Lebanese national identity -- A brief history of cinema in Lebanon -- Imagining Beirut -- Social and religious breakdown -- Violence and masculinity -- Mothers, fighters and taboo breakers -- War and memory -- Epilogue : on national cinema.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and indexes
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Includes filmography
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845116279
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845116286
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Khatib, Lina (Lina H.) Lebanese cinema London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Khatib, Lina (Lina H.) Lebanese cinema London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755696697
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