Screens and Veils

Maghrebi Women's Cinema

Nonfiction, History, Africa, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film
Cover of the book Screens and Veils by Florence Martin, Indiana University Press
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Author: Florence Martin ISBN: 9780253005656
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: October 13, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Florence Martin
ISBN: 9780253005656
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: October 13, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

Examined within their economic, cultural, and political context, the work of women Maghrebi filmmakers forms a cohesive body of work. Florence Martin examines the intersections of nation and gender in seven films, showing how directors turn around the politics of the gaze as they play with the various meanings of the Arabic term hijab (veil, curtain, screen). Martin analyzes these films on their own theoretical terms, developing the notion of "transvergence" to examine how Maghrebi women’s cinema is flexible, playful, and transgressive in its themes, aesthetics, narratives, and modes of address. These are distinctive films that traverse multiple cultures, both borrowing from and resisting the discourses these cultures propose.

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Examined within their economic, cultural, and political context, the work of women Maghrebi filmmakers forms a cohesive body of work. Florence Martin examines the intersections of nation and gender in seven films, showing how directors turn around the politics of the gaze as they play with the various meanings of the Arabic term hijab (veil, curtain, screen). Martin analyzes these films on their own theoretical terms, developing the notion of "transvergence" to examine how Maghrebi women’s cinema is flexible, playful, and transgressive in its themes, aesthetics, narratives, and modes of address. These are distinctive films that traverse multiple cultures, both borrowing from and resisting the discourses these cultures propose.

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