ReFocus: The Films of Jocelyne Saab: Films, Artworks and Cultural Events for the Arab World (ReFocus: The International Directors Series) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 147448042X ISBN 13: 9781474480420

Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2023

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Offers the first study about Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019), a Lebanese pioneer of Arab cinema Offers a cohesive study of her oeuvre, both filmic, activist and artistic Positions Saab's work as central to the development of world cinema, and not only in the Arab world Provides a comprehensive and fresh study of her work, bringing together scholars from across the globe Jocelyne Saab was one of the most important female filmmakers pioneering a sense of international emancipatory world cinema from the early 1970s to her death in 2019. This book is the first English-language study dedicated to her entire oeuvre which consisted of journalism, documentaries, experimental and feature films, as well as photography, art exhibitions and curation, and film festival organisation. In this book, a range of international scholars integrates her work into a cohesive study of all aspects of her oeuvre filmic, activist and artistic representing the global significance of Saab's work and the ongoing resonance of her ideals and activism in a worldwide perspective.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr Mathilde Rouxel is a researcher at the New Sorbonne University, and an independent curator, specialising in Arab cinema

Stefanie Van de Peer is Reader in Film & Media at Queen Margaret University. She has published Negotiating Dissidence (EUP 2017), Women in African Cinema (Routledge 2020) and ReFocus: The Films of Annemarie Jacir (EUP 2023). She has also edited several edited collections on diverse topics including Jocelyne Saab’s work, Arab Stardom and Global Feminist Film Archives. She sits on the Executive Committee of the British Association of Film, TV and Screen Studies, is series editor for EUP’s ReFocus: The International Directors series, and is associate editor for the journal Studies in World Cinema.

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Jocelyne Saab was one of the most important female filmmakers pioneering a sense of international emancipatory world cinema from the early 1970s to her death in 2019. This book is the first English-language study dedicated to her entire oeuvre which consisted of journalism, documentaries, experimental and feature films, as well as photography, art exhibitions and curation, and film festival organisation.In this book, a range of international scholars integrates her work into a cohesive study of all aspects of her oeuvre – filmic, activist and artistic – representing the global significance of Saab’s work and the ongoing resonance of her ideals and activism in a worldwide perspective.Mathilde Rouxel is a researcher and independent curator, specialising in Arab cinema. Stefanie Van de Peer is Lecturer in Film and Media at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 147448042X
• ISBN 13: 9781474480420
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Herausgeber: Rouxel Mathilde, Van De Peer Stefanie
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