{"product_id":"new-tunisian-cinema-allegories-of-resistance-paperback","title":"New Tunisian Cinema: Allegories of Resistance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Lang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTunisian cinema is often described as the most daring of all Arab cinemas. For many, Tunisia appeared to be a model of equipoise between \"East\" and \"West,\" and yet, during Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's presidency, from 1987 to 2011, the country became the most repressive state in the Maghreb. Against considerable odds, a generation of filmmakers emerged in the mid-1980s to make films that are allegories of resistance to the increasingly illiberal trends that were marking their society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e New Tunisian Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Lang focuses on eight films by some of the nation's best-known directors, including \u003ci\u003eMan of Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eBezness\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and \u003ci\u003eMaking Of\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) by Nouri Bouzid, \u003ci\u003eHalfaouine\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) by Férid Boughedir, \u003ci\u003eThe Silences of the Palace\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) by Moufida Tlatli, \u003ci\u003eEssaïd\u003c\/i\u003ea (1997) by Mohamed Zran, \u003ci\u003eBedwin Hacker\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) by Nadia El Fani, and \u003ci\u003eThe TV Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) by Moncef Dhouib. He explores the political economy and social, historical, and psychoanalytic dimensions of these works and the strategies filmmakers deployed to preserve cinema's ability to shape debates about national identity. These debates, Lang argues, not only helped initiate the 2011 uprising that ousted Ben Ali's regime but also did much to inform and articulate the aspirations of the Tunisian people in the new millennium.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Lang is professor of cinema at the University of Hartford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMasculine Interests: Homoerotics in Hollywood Film\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Film Melodrama: Griffith, Vidor, Minnelli\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation: D. W. Griffith, Director\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Tunis from 1993 to 1994 and from 2001 to 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42102634905680,"sku":"9780231165075","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/YUpBQXV2bEQ4VE5PVkJMWkxEcTdJUT09.webp?v=1772097635","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/new-tunisian-cinema-allegories-of-resistance-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}