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Auteur(s) : Starr, Deborah A. (1968-....)
Titre(s) : Togo Mizrahi and the making of Egyptian cinema [Texte imprimé] / Deborah A. Starr
Publication : Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Description matérielle : xviii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection : University of California series in Jewish history and cultures ; 1
Lien à la collection : University of California series in Jewish history and cultures
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In this book, Deborah A. Starr recuperates the work of Togo Mizrahi, a pioneer of
Egyptian cinema. Mizrahi, an Egyptian Jew with Italian nationality, established himself
as a prolific director of popular comedies and musicals in the 1930s and 1940s. As
a studio owner and producer, Mizrahi promoted the idea that developing a local cinema
industry was a project of national importance. Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian
Cinema integrates film analysis with film history to tease out the cultural and political
implications of Mizrahi's work. His movies, Starr argues, subvert dominant notions
of race, gender, and nationality through their playful- and queer-use of masquerade
and mistaken identity. Taken together, Mizrahi's films offer a hopeful vision of a
pluralist Egypt. By reevaluating Mizrahi's contributions to Egyptian culture, Starr
challenges readers to reconsider the debates over who is Egyptian and what constitutes
national cinema"
Sujet(s) : Mizrahi, Togo (1901-1986) -- Critique et interprétation
Cinéma -- Égypte -- 20e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.430 233092 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Réalisation - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780520366206. - ISBN 0520366204. - ISBN 9780520976122 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468403846
Notice n° :
FRBNF46840384
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Togo Mizrahi, agent of exchange ; Togo Mizrahi, work over words ; Crimes of mistaken
identity ; Queering the Levantine ; Journeys of assumed identity : Seven O'Clock
(1937) ; Traveling anxieties ; Courtesan and concubine ; Frames of influence ;
Appendix : Togo Mizrahi filmography.
