ReFocus : : The Films of Rachid Bouchareb / / Michael Gott, Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Gott, Michael,; Kealhofer-Kemp, Leslie,
• MitwirkendeR: Bedjaoui, Ahmed,; Boudraa, Nabil,; Davies Hayon, Kaya,; Donadey, Anne,; Gaertner, Julien,; Gott, Michael,; Howell, Jennifer,; Kealhofer-Kemp, Leslie,; King, Gemma,; Orlando, Valérie K.,; O’Riley, Michael,; Pettersen, David,; Rosello, Mireille,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The International Directors Series : RFIDS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 18 B/W illustrations

Examines the diverse oeuvre of internationally recognized French-Algerian director Rachid BoucharebDevotes attention to Bouchareb’s under-explored films, including the Oscar- nominated Poussières de vie/Dust of Life (1994), those shot in English, and recent made-for- television filmsOffers an interdisciplinary approach to Bouchareb’s work, drawing on gender studies, cinema studies, French and francophone studies, Islamic studies, and history, among othersHighlights connections between Bouchareb’s diverse films while offering a broader exploration of the arc of the director’s careerConsiders Bouchareb in the context of new critical explorations of cinéma-monde as a global auteur whose work – in French, English and beyond – extends beyond the narrow French national contextReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb is the first book-length study of the internationally recognized director’s films. Bouchareb was one of France’s first filmmakers of North African descent and his career as a director and producer now spans over 35 years. Remarkably varied in their themes, formal elements and narrative settings, Bouchareb’s work has engaged with and reflected on a variety of crucial social, political and historical issues; from the role of colonial troops in the French army during the Second World War, to terrorism in contemporary Europe. This volume examines Bouchareb’s films from an interdisciplinary perspective, exploring key influences on his output and considering new theoretical approaches to his filmmaking.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Note on Translations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Rachid Bouchareb— A Global French Filmmaker -- PART I A Multidimensional Oeuvre -- 1 Rachid Bouchareb’s Cinema as a “Vehicle for Encounters”: Cultural Mixings and the Pre-production Process -- 2 The Road from Baton Rouge: Mapping Rachid Bouchareb’s Transnational Mobile Movies -- 3 Questions of Gender and Embodiment in the Intimiste Films of Rachid Bouchareb -- 4 Genre and Universalism in the Films of Rachid Bouchareb -- 5 The American Dimensions of Rachid Bouchareb’s Cinema -- 6 We Could Be Heroes: “Arabs” Becoming Brave in Rachid Bouchareb’s Cinema -- 7 Globalization, Cinema, and Terrorism in Rachid Bouchareb’s Films: London River, Baton Rouge, and Little Senegal -- PART II Case Studies -- 8 Aesthetics of Confinement: Space, Memento Mori, and the Recording of History in Rachid Bouchareb’s Poussières de vie/Dust of Life -- 9 The Door of No Return: A Cinema of (Up)rooting and Decentering in Rachid Bouchareb’s Little Senegal -- 10 Rachid Bouchareb’s Hors la loi/ Outside the Law: A Lesson in History, Reception, and Artistic License -- 11 Postcolonial Feminism, Gender, and Genre in Rachid Bouchareb’s Just Like a Woman -- 12 Relations of Disjuncture in a “World-in-motion”: Rachid Bouchareb’s La Voie de l’ennemi/ Two Men in Town -- Appendix: Filmography of Rachid Bouchareb -- Index