Humor in Middle Eastern cinema
by Burton, Elise Devi, Gayatri Rahman, Najat
While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humour - often satirical - has long been a mainstay of mainstream Arabic film. In 'Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema', editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this tradition, as well as humour and laughter motivated by other intent - including parody, irony, the absurd, burlesque, and dark comedy
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While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humour - often satirical - has long been a mainstay of mainstream Arabic film. In 'Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema', editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this tradition, as well as humour and laughter motivated by other intent - including parody, irony, the absurd, burlesque, and dark comedy
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- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wayne State University Press
- Place of Publication:Detroit, Michigan
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
The Physical Object
- Description:vi, 282 sider
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780814339374, 0814339379
- oclc:ocn904034253
- LC Classification:PN1993.5.M53
- Dewey Decimal:791.4
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