gender, class, and nation
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Shafik, Viola
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- AFR 54 2007 - B
- Thesaurus
- films, populaire cultuur, etnische minderheidsgroepen, gender, feminism, regisseurs, vrouwbeelden, islam, sociale klasse, receptie, historisch, Egypte
- Description
- Shafik examines popular and commercial movies from Egypt's film industry, including a number of the biggest box-office hits widely distributed in Egypt and the Arab world, against the backdrop of the country's overall socio-political development, from the emergence of the film industry in the 1930s, through the Nasser and Sadat eras, up to the era of globalization. Examined themes include: gender relations, feminism, Islamism and popular ideas about sexuality and morality. Focusing on representations of religious and ethnic minorities, primarily Copts, Jews, and Nubians, Shafik draws out issues such as the formation of the Egyptian nation, cinematic stereotyping and political and social taboos.