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Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers / Rebecca Hillauer ; translated by Allison Brown, Deborah Cohen, and Nancy Joyce.
Language: English Original language: German Publication details: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2005.Edition: Rev. and updated edDescription: vii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789774249433
- 9774249437
- Freiräume, Lebensträume, arabische Filmemacherinnen. English
- Geschichte 1930-2000
- Women motion picture producers and directors -- Arab countries -- Interviews
- Women motion picture producers and directors -- Arab countries -- Biography -- Dictionaries
- Productrices et réalisatrices de cinéma -- États arabes -- Entretiens
- Productrices et réalisatrices de cinéma -- États arabes -- Biographies -- Dictionnaires anglais
- Women motion picture producers and directors
- Filmproducenten
- Filmregisseurs
- Vrouwen
- Film
- Filmregisseurin
- Arab countries
- Midden-Oosten
- Arabische Staaten
- PN 1998.2 .H553 2005
Contents:
Review: "Arab women filmmakers: Who are they? What drives them? What are their experiences in a male-dominated profession? How do they function within the contexts - and constraints - of patriarchal societies? The answers are complex and sometimes surprising, as complex and surprising as the vastly different films these women direct. In this unprecedented book, Rebecca Hillauer assembles a comprehensive and penetrating look into the history of Arab women's filmmaking, as well as the political and social background of the countries - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, among others - from which these artists emerged." "In addition to the biographies, filmographies, and discussions of their most important works, lively, in-depth interviews allow us to hear from the filmmakers themselves. Collectively, these women, who hail from a wide range of professional, religious, and social backgrounds, provide a varied and vivid picture of what it means to work in creative and journalistic fields in the modern Arab world. For Hillauer, the subject of a film, its genesis, and the personal story of the artist who created it reveal far more than a particular approach to cinematography. Arab women filmmakers and their main characters (who are often semi-autobiographical) not only afford us a look at seldom-seen facets of Arab societies, they personify an alternative women's 'model, ' one that is far removed from western cliches."--Jacket.
Egypt -- The Mashreq: Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Yemen -- The Maghreb: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia -- Other countries -- Other filmmakers.
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Includes filmographies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-468) and indexes.
Egypt -- The Mashreq: Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Yemen -- The Maghreb: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia -- Other countries -- Other filmmakers.
"Arab women filmmakers: Who are they? What drives them? What are their experiences in a male-dominated profession? How do they function within the contexts - and constraints - of patriarchal societies? The answers are complex and sometimes surprising, as complex and surprising as the vastly different films these women direct. In this unprecedented book, Rebecca Hillauer assembles a comprehensive and penetrating look into the history of Arab women's filmmaking, as well as the political and social background of the countries - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, among others - from which these artists emerged." "In addition to the biographies, filmographies, and discussions of their most important works, lively, in-depth interviews allow us to hear from the filmmakers themselves. Collectively, these women, who hail from a wide range of professional, religious, and social backgrounds, provide a varied and vivid picture of what it means to work in creative and journalistic fields in the modern Arab world. For Hillauer, the subject of a film, its genesis, and the personal story of the artist who created it reveal far more than a particular approach to cinematography. Arab women filmmakers and their main characters (who are often semi-autobiographical) not only afford us a look at seldom-seen facets of Arab societies, they personify an alternative women's 'model, ' one that is far removed from western cliches."--Jacket.
In English; translated from the German.
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