Humor in Middle Eastern cinema /
While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humor, often satirical, has long been a staple of mainstream Arabic film. In Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema, editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this tradition, as well as...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
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| Summary: | While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humor, often satirical, has long been a staple of mainstream Arabic film. In Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema, editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this tradition, as well as humor and laughter motivated by other intent, including parody, irony, the absurd, burlesque and dark comedy. Contributors trace the proliferation of humor in contemporary Middle Eastern cinema in the works of individual directors and from the perspectives of genre, national cinemas and diasporic cinema. |
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| Physical Description: | 264 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814339379 (pbk.) 9780814339374 (pbk.) 0814339387 (electronic bk.) 9780814339381 (electronic bk.) |