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Revolutionary Melodrama explores intersections between cinema and politics during the Nasser era, a period in which a military regime embarked upon the construction of a new civic identity for an independent Egypt.

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Introduction: "We've Lost a Lot": Cinema and Longing Since Nasser

1. Playing to the People: Studios, Stars, and Social Texts

2. God and the Censor: History and Politics in Revolutionary Film

3. Revolutionary Melodrama: Torch Songs and Other Tropes

4. Free to be "Bad": The Revolution's New Woman Onscreen

5. New Peasants, Old Ways: Tradition and Nation in Nasserist Cinema

6. Unhappy Endings: The Rise and Fall of Nasserist Cinema

7. Nostalgia in Black-and-White: Nasser's Streets and Public Memory

References

Index


Revolutionary Melodrama

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      Publisher: University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/12/2002
      ISBN13: 9780970819901, 978-0970819901
      ISBN10: 970819900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Revolutionary Melodrama explores intersections between cinema and politics during the Nasser era, a period in which a military regime embarked upon the construction of a new civic identity for an independent Egypt.

      Trade Review




      Table of Contents


      Introduction: "We've Lost a Lot": Cinema and Longing Since Nasser

      1. Playing to the People: Studios, Stars, and Social Texts

      2. God and the Censor: History and Politics in Revolutionary Film

      3. Revolutionary Melodrama: Torch Songs and Other Tropes

      4. Free to be "Bad": The Revolution's New Woman Onscreen

      5. New Peasants, Old Ways: Tradition and Nation in Nasserist Cinema

      6. Unhappy Endings: The Rise and Fall of Nasserist Cinema

      7. Nostalgia in Black-and-White: Nasser's Streets and Public Memory

      References

      Index


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