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OverviewIn this book, Robert K. Beshara applies decolonial film theory to an analysis of Youssef Chahine’s (1997) Al-Masir (Destiny). Transmodern Cinema and Decolonial Film Theory is the first book on decolonial film theory, which unpacks key concepts in decoloniality and decolonial aesthetics. Decolonial film theory is then applied to Youssef Chahine’s (1997) historical drama al-Ma?ir in an effort to juxtapose the Egyptian filmmaker (Chahine) and his decolonial cinema to the Andalusian polymath (Ibn Rushd) and his Islamic philosophy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Assistant Professor Robert K. Beshara (Northern New Mexico College, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA ISBN: 9781501385117ISBN 10: 1501385119 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 02 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Decolonial Film Theory 2. Ibn Rushd (1126 - 1198) 3. Youssef Chahine (1926 - 2008) 4. The Decoloniality of Poetics: al-Ma?ir (1997) Conclusion. The Future of Decolonial Film Theory Further Reading on Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine’s Filmography References IndexReviewsRobert K. Beshara’s compelling endeavor to “sketch the contours” of decolonial film theory is both captivating and profound. Through skillfully unpacking key concepts of postcolonial theory, modernity, coloniality, and decoloniality, his film theory is positioned as a radical aesthetic project navigating the delicate balance between the negation of oppression and the affirmation of liberation. Beshara enacts this through the thought-provoking selection of Egyptian cinematic icon Youssef Chahine and his 1997 film, al-Masir, portraying philosopher Ibn Rushd. The resulting book impressively renders a constellation of transhistorical and transmodern historiographies, ideas, and creative methodologies, offering an invaluable perspective for contemporary practices of critical scholars, artists, and activists. * Fareed Armaly, Artist and Curator, US * Seldom have I seen decolonial theory applied across disciplines with such lucidity. Robert K. Beshara brings personal passion and intellectual commitment not only to a film, its maker and its subject — two of the Arab world's more compelling figures, respectively the 20th-century filmmaker Youssef Chahine and the 12th-century philosopher Ibn Rushd — but also to a worldwide vision and political program. Outside the labyrinths of politics, with erudition and alacrity, he manages to undertake genuinely revolutionary work. Suddenly the veil of Orientalist hierarchy and Eurocentric hegemony is torn to reveal an infinitely more engaging world. * Youssef Rakha, Novelist and Essayist, Egypt * Author InformationRobert K. Beshara is Associate Professor and Chair of Arts & Human Sciences at Northern New Mexico College, USA. He is the author of Decolonial Psychoanalysis: Towards Critical Islamophobia Studies (2019) and Freud and Said: Contrapuntal Psychoanalysis as Liberation Praxis (2021). He is also the editor of A Critical Introduction to Psychology (2019) and Critical Psychology Praxis: Psychosocial Non-Alignment to Modernity/Coloniality (2021), as well as the translator of Mourad Wahba's (1995) Fundamentalism and Secularization (Bloomsbury, 2022). Beshara is the founder of the Critical Psychology website: www.criticalpsychology.org. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |