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Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema /

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. 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 comedie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Starr, Deborah A., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:University of California Series in Jewish History and Cultures ; 1
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Translation and Transliteration
  • 1 Togo Mizrahi, Agent of Exchange
  • 2 Togo Mizrahi, Work over Words
  • 3 Crimes of Mistaken Identity
  • 4 Queering the Levantine
  • 5 Journeys of Assumed Identity: Seven O'Clock (1937)
  • 6 Traveling Anxieties
  • 7 Courtesan and Concubine
  • 8 Frames of Influence
  • Appendix: Togo Mizrahi Filmography
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index