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Muslim Women in French Cinema
Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp
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Description for Muslim Women in French Cinema
Hardcover. Bringing together a diverse corpus of over 60 documentaries, short films, telefilms, and feature films released in France between 1979 and 2014, this book represents the first comprehensive study of cinematic representations of first-generation Muslim women from the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) in France. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APF; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Muslim Women in French Cinema: Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France is the first comprehensive study of cinematic representations of first-generation Muslim women from the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) in France. Women of this generation migrated to France during the decades preceding and following the end of French colonial rule, and they are generally - though not always accurately - regarded as belonging to a generation of migrants silenced under the weight of poverty, illiteracy, Islamic tradition, and majority ethnic Islamophobia. Situated at the intersection of post-colonial studies, gender studies, and film studies, this book brings together a diverse corpus ... Read more
Muslim Women in French Cinema: Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France is the first comprehensive study of cinematic representations of first-generation Muslim women from the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) in France. Women of this generation migrated to France during the decades preceding and following the end of French colonial rule, and they are generally - though not always accurately - regarded as belonging to a generation of migrants silenced under the weight of poverty, illiteracy, Islamic tradition, and majority ethnic Islamophobia. Situated at the intersection of post-colonial studies, gender studies, and film studies, this book brings together a diverse corpus ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381984
SKU
V9781781381984
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About Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp
Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp is Assistant Professor of French at The University of Rhode Island.
Reviews for Muslim Women in French Cinema
`Through careful examination of a broad corpus of over sixty films produced between 1978 and 2014, Kealhofer-Kemp traces the figure of the Maghrebi woman migrant across multiple genres, whether as documentary subject or as recurrent fictional character. [...] This study offers a rich compendium of resources and analyses for scholars working on French film and cultural ... Read more