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Transnational Arab Stardom: Glamour, Performance and Politics (in English)
Hayon, Kaya Davies ; Peer, Stefanie Van De (Author)
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Bloomsbury Academic
· Hardcover
Transnational Arab Stardom: Glamour, Performance and Politics (in English) - Hayon, Kaya Davies ; Peer, Stefanie Van de
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Synopsis "Transnational Arab Stardom: Glamour, Performance and Politics (in English)"
Building on the work of star studies scholars, this collection provides contextual analyses of off-screen representation, as well as close textual analyses of films and star personas, thereby offering an in-depth study of the Arab star as text and context of Arab cinema. Using the tools of audience reception studies, the collection will also look at how stars (of film, stage, screen and new media) are viewed and received in different cultural contexts, both within and outside of the Arabic-speaking world. Arab cinema is often discussed in terms of political representation and independent art film, but rarely in terms of stardom, glamour, performance or masquerade. Aside from a few individual studies on female stardom or aspects of Arab masculinity, no major English-language study on Arab stardom exists, and collections on transnational stars or world cinema also often neglect to include Arab performers. This new book seeks to address this gap by providing the first study dedicated entirely to stardom on the Arab screen. Structured chronologically and thematically, this collection highlights and explores Arab film, screen and music stars through a transnational and interdisciplinary set of contributions that draw on feminist, performance and film theories, media studies, sound studies, material culture, queer star and celebrity studies, and social media studies.
