UID:
almahu_9949700178202882
Format:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781501393259
Content:
Building on the work of star studies scholars, this collection provides contextual analyses of off-screen representation, as well as close textual analyses of films and star personas, thereby offering an in-depth study of the Arab star as text and context of Arab cinema. Using the tools of audience reception studies, the collection will also look at how stars (of film, stage, screen and new media) are viewed and received in different cultural contexts, both within and outside of the Arabic-speaking world. Arab cinema is often discussed in terms of political representation and independent art film, but rarely in terms of stardom, glamour, performance or masquerade. Aside from a few individual studies on female stardom or aspects of Arab masculinity, no major English-language study on Arab stardom exists, and collections on transnational stars or world cinema also often neglect to include Arab performers. This new book seeks to address this gap by providing the first study dedicated entirely to stardom on the Arab screen. Structured chronologically and thematically, this collection highlights and explores Arab film, screen and music stars through a transnational and interdisciplinary set of contributions that draw on feminist, performance and film theories, media studies, sound studies, material culture, queer star and celebrity studies, and social media studies.
Note:
Introduction: The Multidirectionality of Transnational Arab Stardom 〈i〉Kaya Davies Hayon (Open University, UK) and Stefanie Van de Peer (Queen Margaret University, UK)〈/i〉 〈i〉 〈/i〉 〈b〉Section 1: The Arab Diva: Glamour in Pan-Arab Performers〈/b〉 Chapter 1: Reading Umm Kulthum through Film: Egyptian Woman, International Star, and Haunting Legacy 〈i〉Laura Lohman (North Central College, USA)〈/i〉 Chapter 2: Fame, Infamy, Renown and Celebrity in the Life of Asmahan 〈i〉Sherifa Zuhur (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Strategic Studies, USA)〈/i〉 Chapter 3: 'Subversive to Boot': Tahia Carioca, an Imagined Geography of Egypt 〈i〉Carolina Bracco (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)〈/i〉 Chapter 4: The Modern Marianne of Cairo: Arabness and Cosmopolitanism in Dalida's Stardom 〈i〉Barbara Lebrun (University of Manchester, UK)〈/i〉 Chapter 5: Feiruz: Deconstructing a Legacy 〈i〉Salma Yassine and Vicky Panossian (Central European University, Austria)〈/i〉 〈b〉Section 2: The Intersections of Gender, Class and Sexuality in Arab Stardom〈/b〉 Chapter 6: Differently Empowering: The Performativity of Strong Female Leads Faten Hamama and Hind Rostom 〈i〉Wessam Elmeligi (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)〈/i〉 Chapter 7: The Sexually and Politically Dissident Stardom of Lubna Azabal 〈i〉Kaya Davies Hayon (Open University, UK)〈/i〉 Chapter 8: Artist contribution 〈i〉Bahia Shehab (American University in Cairo, Egypt)〈/i〉 Chapter 9: 'For Those That Haven't Given Up, Love Is Resistance': Hamed Sinno and the Power and Perils of Mashrou' Leila's Music 〈i〉Lowry Martin (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)〈/i〉 Chapter 10: 'Egypt, Africa!': The Sonic Stardom of Mohamed Ramadan 〈i〉Claire Cooley (Tufts University, USA)〈/i〉 Chapter 11: A 'Little Narrative': Elderly Actresses in Contemporary Egyptian Cinema Dina 〈i〉Mohamed Abd Elsalam (Alexandria University, Egypt)〈/i〉 〈i〉 〈/i〉 〈b〉Section 3: Power and Politics: The Ideologies and Reception of Arab Stars〈/b〉 Chapter 12: Habiba M'sika and Haydee Chikly: Tragic Transnational Fandom and the Feminist Legacy of the Earliest Stars of Arab Cinema 〈i〉Stefanie Van de Peer 〈/i〉〈i〉(Queen Margaret University, UK)〈/i〉 Chapter 13: Stars in Arms: Egypt's Movie Stars and the Free Officers 〈i〉Ifdal Elsaket (Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Egypt)〈/i〉 Chapter 14: Being Omar Sharif: A Cinematographic Excavation of a Star 〈i〉Mark Lotfy (Figleaf Studios, Egypt)〈/i〉 Chapter 15: Elia Suleiman: The Reluctant Star 〈i〉Hania A.M. Nashef (American University of Sharjah, UAE)〈/i〉 Chapter 16: Jamel Debbouze: Intersectionality, Diaspora and Transnational Stardom 〈i〉Will Higbee (University of Exeter, UK)〈/i〉 〈i〉Index〈/i〉
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781501393259
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501393259?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
