Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers 1st Edition by Rebecca Hillauer ISBN 9774249437 978-9774249433

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ISBN 10: 9774249437 

ISBN 13: 978-9774249433

Author: Rebecca Hillauer 
Arab women filmmakers: Who are they? What drives them? What are their experiences in a male-dominated profession? How do they function within the contexts―and constraints―of patriarchal societies? The answers are complex and sometimes surprising, as complex and surprising as the vastly different films these women direct. In this unprecedented book, Rebecca Hillauer assembles a comprehensive and penetrating look into the history of Arab women’s filmmaking, as well as the political and social background of the countries―Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, among others―from which these artists emerged.
In addition to the biographies, filmographies, and discussions of their most important works, lively, in-depth interviews allow us to hear from the filmmakers themselves. Collectively, these women, who hail from a wide range of professional, religious, and social backgrounds, provide a varied and vivid picture of what it means to work in creative and journalistic fields in the modern Arab world. For Hillauer, the subject of a film, its genesis, and the personal story of the artist who created it reveal far more than a particular approach to cinematography. Arab women filmmakers and their main characters (who are often semi-autobiographical) not only afford us a look at seldom-seen facets of Arab societies, they personify an alternative women’s ‘model,’ one that is far removed from western clichés. Broad in scope, and rich in insight, Arab Women Filmmakers is a must read for cineastes as wel

Table of contents: 

1. Acknowledgments

2. Notes on Film Titles and Credits

3. Pioneers of Arab Silent Film

4. Women Filmmakers of the New Arab Cinema

5. The Mashreq

6. Lebanon

7. Panorama of Lebanese Cinema

8. Straddling Three Stools

9. Syria

10. Few Oases in the Desert

11. Yemen’s Filmmakers

12. Morocco

13. Morocco Discovers its Cinema Culture

14. Tunisia

15. Tunisian Women

16. Other Countries

17. Other Filmmakers

18. Notes

19. Bibliography

20. Index of Arabic Film Titles

21. Index of French Film Titles

22. Photographic Credits

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