TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van de Peer,Stefanie
TI  - Animation in the Middle East: Practice and Aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca
T2  - World Cinema Series
SN  - 9781786731715
AV  - NC1765.A556 2017 
U1  - 791.4334 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
KW  - Animated films--Middle East--History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half-title -- Endorsement -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- A Note on Referencing, Availability of the Films and Language -- Introduction: Modelling Local Content for Animation in the Middle East -- Notes -- Filmography -- 1 Restoring Cultural Historical Memories: Animating Folktales to Form New Iraqi Identities -- 'Always a Phoenix': The Rebirth of the Past -- Preserving Cultural Heritage through Cultural Historical Memory -- Creating National Identities through Folk Culture -- Animating Iraq's Past, Present and Future -- 'Always a Phoenix': Flight to the Future -- Notes -- Filmography -- 2 The Key Frames: Milestones in the Institutional History of Animation in Iran -- Institutional Concerns and Pioneering Initiatives -- Political and Revolutionary Animated Films: Central Figures -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Filmography -- 3 Local Minds, Foreign Hands: Animation in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf -- Defining Animation in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf -- Animation Production of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Islamic Animation -- Animated Sitcoms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Filmography -- 4 Turkish Animation: A Contemporary Reflection of the Karagöz Shadow Play -- Shadow Theatre and Caricature: Turkish Precursors to Animation -- The Pioneering Generations of Turkish Animation: Between Advertising and Art -- From the 1960s to the 1980s: Political and Cultural Upheaval in Animation -- The 1990s: Conservatism and Transnationalist Regionalism -- Conclusion: Still Developing an Industry -- Notes -- Filmography -- 5 From Animated Cartoons to Suspended Animation: A History of Syrian Animation -- Cinema, Cartoons and Baath Tolerance -- Early Animated Cartoons and the NFO -- The Hijazi Family: From Edutainment to Political Dissent; The Syrian Revolution and Animated Suspension -- Conclusion: Exile and Transnational Suspension -- Notes -- Filmography -- 6 Cultivating an Arthouse Viewership: Lebanese Animation Audiences Grow Up -- Future Television: Local Production - A Turning Point -- Building an Infrastructure: Getting Academia on Board -- Animation d'auteur: Disorder and Reorganisation -- Let's Get Serious: Beirut Animated -- Commercial Sector: Not Quite an Industry Yet -- The Future of Animation: Towards an Industry or a Developed Independent Scene? -- Notes -- Filmography -- 7 Pixelated Intifada: Animating Palestine Under Digital Occupation -- Animating Under Digital Occupation -- Animating Palestinian Forms of Realism and Resistance -- Fatenah (2009) -- The Wanted 18 (2014) -- Conclusion: Political Animation as an Invitation to Engage -- Notes -- Filmography -- 8 Beyond the Burden of Representation: Israeli Animation Between Escapism and Subversion -- The Pioneers of Israeli Animation: 1930s to 1970s -- The Emergence of an Israeli Animation Industry: 1970s to 1990s -- Contemporary Israeli Animation: Coming Home -- Conclusion: From Homecoming to Arriving in the Region -- Notes -- Filmography -- 9 From the Pioneers to the Revolutionaries: The Art of Animation in Egypt -- Cinema Blooms on the Banks of the Nile -- The Birth of Animation in Egypt -- Animation Production and National Television -- The Golden Era of Egyptian Animation (1990-2010) -- Egyptian Animation and the 'Arab Spring' -- Conclusion: From Art to Commercial Ventures and Back Again -- Notes -- Filmography -- 10 Animating Libya in Shorthand: The Skilful Art of Visualising the Repressed Body -- Visual Animation, Affect, and the Laughing Repressed Body -- Visualising Sanctioned Dissent in the Making of The Morganti Rebels -- The Birth of Boq`at Jaw: Local Inspirations -- Positioning Sanctioned Dissent; Animating the Libyan Street: Strings of Embodied Shorthands -- Conclusion: Documenting Libya through Animated Strings of Shorthand -- Notes -- Filmography -- 11 Cinema Against an Authoritarian Backdrop: A History of Tunisian Animation -- Animated Cinema in Tunisia: 'Terra Incognita' -- The Origins of Animated Cinema in Tunisia -- The Pioneers: The 1960s Generation -- Founding Myths of the Nation and the Post-Collectivist Crisis (1960s and 1970s) -- The Zaïm and the 'War' of Succession -- 1987 Coup d'état: The Promise of Change and Disillusionment -- Conclusion: The Trajectories of Subtle Political Content -- Notes -- Filmography -- 12 Animation in Morocco: New Generations and Emerging Communities -- Other Moving Images -- Pioneers: Individuals and Organisations -- The Impact of Digital Technology -- New Talent, Emerging Communities -- Conclusion: Converging Networks and Communities in Moroccan Animation -- Notes -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index
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