{"product_id":"revolutionary-melodrama-9780970819901","title":"Revolutionary Melodrama","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevolutionary 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: \"We've Lost a Lot\": Cinema and Longing Since Nasser\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Playing to the People: Studios, Stars, and Social Texts\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. God and the Censor: History and Politics in Revolutionary Film\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Revolutionary Melodrama: Torch Songs and Other Tropes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. Free to be \"Bad\": The Revolution's New Woman Onscreen\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. New Peasants, Old Ways: Tradition and Nation in Nasserist Cinema\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Unhappy Endings: The Rise and Fall of Nasserist Cinema\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Nostalgia in Black-and-White: Nasser's Streets and Public Memory\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885121286487,"sku":"9780970819901","price":47.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revolutionary-melodrama-9780970819901","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}