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Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema /

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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. In this book, Deborah A. Starr recuperates the work of Togo Mizrahi, a pioneer of Egyptian cinema. Mizrahi, an Egyptian Jew with Italian nationality, established himself as a prolific director of popular comedie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Starr, Deborah A. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:University of California Series in Jewish History and Cultures ; 1
Subjects:
Motion picture producers and directors > Egypt.
Motion pictures > Egypt > 20th century.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma > Égypte.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures.
Egypt.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Translation and Transliteration
  • 1 Togo Mizrahi, Agent of Exchange
  • 2 Togo Mizrahi, Work over Words
  • 3 Crimes of Mistaken Identity
  • 4 Queering the Levantine
  • 5 Journeys of Assumed Identity: Seven O'Clock (1937)
  • 6 Traveling Anxieties
  • 7 Courtesan and Concubine
  • 8 Frames of Influence
  • Appendix: Togo Mizrahi Filmography
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index