{"product_id":"new-tunisian-cinema-robert-lang-9780231165075","title":"New Tunisian Cinema: Allegories of Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003eTunisian cinema is often described as the most daring of all Arab cinemas. For many, Tunisia appeared to be a model of equipoise between \"East\" and \"West,\" and yet, during Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's presidency, from 1987 to 2011, the country became the most repressive state in the Maghreb. Against considerable odds, a generation of filmmakers emerged in the mid-1980s to make films that are allegories of resistance to the increasingly illiberal trends that were marking their society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e New Tunisian Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Lang focuses on eight films by some of the nation's best-known directors, including \u003ci\u003eMan of Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eBezness\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and \u003ci\u003eMaking Of\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) by Nouri Bouzid, \u003ci\u003eHalfaouine\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) by F駻id Boughedir, \u003ci\u003eThe Silences of the Palace\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) by Moufida Tlatli, \u003ci\u003eEssa?\u003c\/i\u003ea (1997) by Mohamed Zran, \u003ci\u003eBedwin Hacker\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) by Nadia El Fani, and \u003ci\u003eThe TV Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) by Moncef Dhouib. He explores the political economy and social, historical, and psychoanalytic dimensions of these works and the strategies filmmakers deployed to preserve cinema's ability to shape debates about national identity. These debates, Lang argues, not only helped initiate the 2011 uprising that ousted Ben Ali's regime but also did much to inform and articulate the aspirations of the Tunisian people in the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Lang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231165072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231165075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 453","brand":"Robert Lang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056690196735,"sku":"9780231165075","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4fd0658-2fd3-42ed-95f9-3b974c4daa86.jpg?v=1685042718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-tunisian-cinema-robert-lang-9780231165075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}