Mingant Hollywood Films in North Africa and the Middle East

A History of Circulation
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8856-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema

Traces the circulation of Hollywood films in North Africa and the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mingant, Nolwenn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Winning Hearts in the Colonial Era (1910s–1950s)

1. Entering the Market (1910s–1940s)

2. Hollywood Films and Their Audience

3. Hollywood Films as Political Objects

Part II: Losing Ground in a Changing Market: Political Independence and VCRs (1950s–1990s)

4. Political Upheavals: The Slow Disintegration of the Majors' Distribution Structure (1950s–1970s)

5. Losing Interest: The Move to Indirect Distribution (1970s–1990s)

Part III: US Films Galore in the Digital Era (2000s–2010s)

6. The Porous Nature of Closed Markets

7. North Africa: Cinema and Informal Economy

8. Historical Markets: The Age of Maturity

9. Film Boom in the Gulf

Conclusion

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nowlenn Mingant is Professor in US History and Culture at the University of Angers in France. She is author and editor of several books, including coeditor (with Cecilia Tirtaine) of Reconceptualising Film Policies.