Slapstick comedy & its cast of film stars has long been viewed as central to the early formal development of narrative cinema generally, & of American cinema in particular. This volume presents 14 essays exploring the enduring debates & questions surrounding slapstick's role in …
While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humor--often satirical--has long been a staple of mainstream Arabic film. In Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema, editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this t…
