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Book SynopsisIntroduction; 1. Questions of identity in beur cinema: From Le The au harem d'Archimede to Cheb; 2. Beurz in the hood: Le The au harem d'Archimede and Hexagone; 3. Ethnicity and identity in Mathieu Kassovitz's Metisse and La Haine; 4. Beur and banlieue cinema in 1995; 5.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Questions of identity in beur cinema: From Le The au harem d'Archimede to Cheb; 2. Beurz in the hood: Le The au harem d'Archimede and Hexagone; 3. Ethnicity and identity in Mathieu Kassovitz's Metisse and La Haine; 4. Beur and banlieue cinema in 1995; 5. Beur women in the banlieue: Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal en general and Souviens-toi de moi; 6. Masculinity and exclusion in post-1995 beur and banlieue films; 7. Grrrls in the hood: Samia and La Squale; 8. Memories of immigration: Sous les pieds des femmes and Vivre au paradis; 9. Beurs in the provinces: From L'Honneur de ma famille to Drole de Felix; 10. Heroines of cross-cultural social protest: Marie-Line and Chaos; 11. Beur filmmaking in the new millennium: From Le Raid to Jeunesse doree; 12. Voices from the Maghreb: From Le The a la menthe to La Fille de Keltoum; Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography; Index
