Dreams of a nation. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Dreams of a nation
• Further Information: Note: Edited, with an introduction, by Hamid Dabashi.
• Other Names: Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-
• Contents: "For cultural purposes only" : curating a Palestinian film festival / Annemarie Jacir -- The weapon of culture : cinema in the Palestinian liberation struggle / Joseph Massad -- From reality to fiction : from poverty to expression / Michel Khleifi -- Towards liberation : Michel Khleifi's Ma'loul and Canticle / Bashir Abu-Manneh -- The cinema of displacment : gender, nation, and diaspora / Ella Shohat -- Palestinian exilic cinema and film letters / Hamid Naficy -- A letter from the rest of the world or "The Afghan Arabs" / Nizar Hassan -- The challenges of Palestinian filmmaking (1990-2003) / In praise of frivolity : on the cinema of Elia Suleiman / Hamid Dabashi.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Verso
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43095694; Motion pictures -- Palestine; Motion pictures; Filmkunst; Palestijnen; Middle East -- Palestine
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789602470; 1789602475
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.