{"product_id":"screens-and-veils-9780253223418","title":"Screens and Veils","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscusses the cinematic vision of North African women's directors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlorence Martin's Screens and Veils . . . manages to effectively shed a light on the diverse yet underrepresented cinema of Maghrebi women.5.1 2014\u003c\/p\u003e * Transnational Cinemas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Screens and Veils' provides an excellent presentation and analysis of women's filmmaking from North Africa. . . Its attention to contemporary film theory is matched by its presentation of materials derived from Martin's interviews with filmmakers, interviews that reveal a sincere engagement with the filmmakers and a deep understanding of contemporary production. In short, this is a fine book that will be of interest to anyone working on or teaching film and gender studies in North African and Middle Eastern studies, and beyond.44 2013\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Arabic Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[T]his study constitutes an important and timely addition to the study of Francophone cinemas and of Maghrebi cinemas in particular.86.2\u003c\/p\u003e * FRENCH REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin's 'Screens and Veils' provides a welcome addition to the rapidly expanding field of Maghrebi film studies. . . Martin is at once a creative and complete commentator of films, and her book stands to become a staple for novices and experts of the filmic Maghreb alike.\u003c\/p\u003e * Film Criticism *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eScreens and Veils: Maghrebi Women's Cinema . . . offers an insightful and novel alternative to the usual postcolonial feminist approaches to Maghrebi women's film studies. Rather than providing the reader with an encyclopedic summary, or a historical accounting of the topic, Martin's work argues for a transnational feminist reading of Maghrebi cinema that speaks to the fluid interplay between various cultural systems, narrative structures, and aesthetic forms across borders and among diverse cultural audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e * Research in African Literatures *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book inscribes a new chapter in women filmmaking on the Maghreb; it makes an important contribution to cinema, literature, and cultural studies. . . . Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverture: Maghrebi Women's Transvergent Cinema\u003cbr\u003eAct I: Transnational Feminist Storytellers: Shahrazad, Assia, and Farida\u003cbr\u003e1. Assia Djebar's Transvergent Narrative in \u003ci\u003eThe Nuba of the Women of Mount Chenoua\u003c\/i\u003e (Algeria, 1978)\u003cbr\u003e2. Farida Benlyazid's Initiated Audiences in \u003ci\u003eA Door to the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (Morocco, 1998)\u003cbr\u003eAct II: Screens \u0026amp; Veils\u003cbr\u003e3. Yamina Bachir-Chouikh's Transvergent Echoes in \u003ci\u003eRachida\u003c\/i\u003e (Algeria, 2002)\u003cbr\u003e4. Raja Amari's Screen of the Haptic in \u003ci\u003eRed Satin\u003c\/i\u003e (Tunisia, 2002)\u003cbr\u003e5. Nadia El Fani's Multiple Screens and Veils in \u003ci\u003eBedwin Hacke\u003c\/i\u003er (Tunisia, 2002)\u003cbr\u003eAct III: From Dunyazad to Transvergent Audiences\u003cbr\u003e6. Yasmina Kassari's \"Burning\" Screens in \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Child \u003c\/i\u003e(Morocco, 2004)\u003cbr\u003e7. Selma Baccar's Transvergent Spectatorship in \u003ci\u003eKhochkhach\u003c\/i\u003e (Tunisia, 2006)\u003cbr\u003eCoda\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Political and Cinematic Chronology\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Primary Filmography\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400669536599,"sku":"9780253223418","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253223418.jpg?v=1730471253","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/screens-and-veils-9780253223418","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}