Arab cinema; history and cultural identity, rev. ed.9789774160653 Arab cinema; history and cultural identity, rev. ed rev. abbr. 1. revenue 2. reverse 3. reversed 4. review 5. revision 6. revolution rev. 1. revise(d) 2. . Shafik, Viola viola: see violin. viola Stringed instrument, the tenor member of the violin family. In appearance it is almost identical to the violin but slightly larger; its strings are tuned a fifth lower. . American U. in Cairo Press 2007 311 pages $19.95 Paperback PN1998 In this update of the 1998 edition, a freelance film scholar (Popular Egyptian Cinema: Gender, Class, and Nation, 2007)/ filmmaker (the award-winning documentary short The Lemon Tree, 1993) traces the history and themes of Arab cinema. Recent trends that Shafik discusses include the rising: number of countries involved in full-length feature film production, use of digital video technology, dependence on Western funding, and melding of popular and auteur auteur (ōtör`), in film criticism, a director who so dominates the film-making process that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture. films to represent social and political realities. Movie stills span Layla the Bedouin (Bahiga Hafiz Hafiz (häfēz`) [Arab.,=one who has memorized the Qur'an], 1319–1389?, Persian lyric poet, b. Shiraz. His original name was Shams al-Din Muhammad. He acquired the surname from having memorized the Qur'an at an early age. , 1937) to One Minute of Sun Less (Nabil Ayouch, 2002). Distributed in the US by International Publishers Marketing (IPM (1) (Impressions Per Minute) Generally refers to document scanners that scan both sides of the page at the same time. Thus, a scanner that scans at 100 ppm (pages per minute) can provide 200 ipm. See ppm and document scanner. ). ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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