Afghanistan in the Cinema /

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In this timely critical introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film, Mark Graham examines the often surprising combination of propaganda and poetry in films made in Hollywood and the East. Through the lenses of postcolonial theory and historical reassessment, Graham analyzes what these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Graham, Mark (Mark A.), 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > In motion pictures.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : haunted eyes
  • Imperialist nostalgia. Getting in touch with our inner savage : The horsemen
  • Butch and Sundance in Afghanistan : The man who would be king
  • The new great game : Rambo III, The beast, and Charlie Wilson's war
  • The burqa films. Land without images : Kandahar
  • Afghan gothic : Osama
  • Border crossings. The west unveiled : In this world
  • The poetry of silence : Ellipsis
  • A way to feel good again : The kite runner
  • Conclusion : ending Charlie Wilson's war.

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