{"product_id":"arab-modernism-as-world-cinema-the-films-of-moumen-smihi-9780520330573","title":"Arab Modernism as World Cinema The Films of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArab Modernism as World Cinema explores the radically beautiful films of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi, demonstrating the importance of Moroccan and Arab film cultures in histories of world cinema. Addressing the legacy of the Nahda or Arab Renaissance of the nineteenth and early twentieth centurywhen Arab writers and artists reenergized Arab culture by engaging with other languages and societiesPeter Limbrick argues that Smihi's films take up the spirit of the Nahda for a new age. Examining Smihi's oeuvre, which enacts an exchange of images and ideas between Arab and non-Arab cultures, Limbrick rethinks the relation of Arab cinema to modernism and further engages debates about the use of modernist forms by filmmakers in the Global South. This original study offers new routes for thinking about world cinema and modernism in the Middle East and North Africa, and about Arab cinema in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Weaving together close film analysis, studies of cinematic techniques, and scholarly engagement with a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary material, Limbrick offers an unprecedented window into Smihi’s 'multifaceted and polyphonic' filmography. At the same time, he demonstrates that Arab film culture, when studied in its global ramifications and affinities, reveals an inner complexity that resists systematic and univocal readings, and invites to rethink Arab modernism as a dynamic and multidimensional concept.\" * Critical Inquiry *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Moumen Smihi, World Cinema, Arab Modernism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: Radical Realities: Form and Politics in the New Arab Cinema\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: The Voice of the Arabs: Smihi’s Soundscapes\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: Kan ya makan: Intertextuality and Arab Modernism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: Religion, Secularism, Modernity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: For a New Nahda: Gender, Sexuality, and Freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Filmography\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402929807703,"sku":"9780520330573","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520330573.jpg?v=1730481880","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arab-modernism-as-world-cinema-the-films-of-moumen-smihi-9780520330573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}