Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema
Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema
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"A captivating account of Egyptian film director Togo Mizrahi. Starr shows that Mizrahi's distinct, often comical vision of Egypt captured a dramatic moment of social, political, and cultural transformation in which people of diverse backgrounds coexisted and struggled to achieve better lives."—Joel Gordon, author of Revolutionary Melodrama: Popular Film and Civic Identity in Nasser’s Egypt
"A remarkable study of a remarkable career. Starr offers a comprehensive analysis of a life in filmmaking that adds nuance to our definition of Egyptian nationalism and enhances our appreciation of Alexandrian cinema. This is a book of recovery, reclamation, and celebration."—Nancy E. Berg, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
"A remarkable study of a remarkable career. Starr offers a comprehensive analysis of a life in filmmaking that adds nuance to our definition of Egyptian nationalism and enhances our appreciation of Alexandrian cinema. This is a book of recovery, reclamation, and celebration."—Nancy E. Berg, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
Informations bibliographiques
septembre 2020, 252 Pages, University of California Series in Jewish History and Cultures, Anglais
University Presses
978-0-520-36620-6