Togo Mizrahi and the making of Egyptian cinema / / Deborah A. Starr.
In this book, Deborah A. Starr recuperates the work of Togo Mizrahi, a pioneer of Egyptian cinema. Mizrahi, an Egyptian Jew with Italian nationality, established himself as a prolific director of popular comedies and musicals in the 1930s and 1940s. As a studio owner and producer, Mizrahi promoted t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | California : : University of California Press,, 2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | 1 ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | University of California Series in Jewish History and Cultures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (253 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s). |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Translation and Transliteration
- 1 Togo Mizrahi, Agent of Exchange
- 2 Togo Mizrahi, Work over Words
- 3 Crimes of Mistaken Identity
- 4 Queering the Levantine
- 5 Journeys of Assumed Identity: Seven O'Clock (1937)
- 6 Traveling Anxieties
- 7 Courtesan and Concubine
- 8 Frames of Influence
- Appendix: Togo Mizrahi Filmography
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index