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.
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Assembling groundbreaking research on Arab cinematic stars, this rich collection significantly enhances our comprehension of stars and their systems both within and beyond Arab cinema. Addressing a spectrum of issues and events that have influenced regional, transnational, and diasporic cinemas, this anthology thoroughly explores the contributions of Arab film stars across diverse cultural contexts and industries. The essays, encompassing not only mainstream Hollywood and Egyptian productions but also indie and arthouse cinema, offer a comprehensive view of their institutional, commercial, and political impacts. Its historical span, covering the early 20th century to the 21st, and inclusion of various genres like melodrama, musicals, and indie films, make it exceptionally wide-ranging. This collection rejects simplistic geographic and national categorizations, providing a transnational exploration of performance and reception amid geopolitical and ideological contexts. Guided by a robust introduction from the editors, the collection initiates discussions about the definition of the Arab world and its cinematic contributions. Throughout, it highlights the charisma, glamour, and talent of the stars, rendering it an essential read for both cinephiles and scholars. * Danielle Haque, Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA *
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Kaya Davies Hayon is Lecturer in Film and Media at the Open University, UK. She is the author of Sensuous Cinema: The Body in Contemporary Maghrebi Film (Bloomsbury, 2018), and she has also published on contemporary Arab and African film in edited collections, special issues and journals, including Alphaville: Journal of Film and Media and Studies in French Cinema.
Stefanie Van de Peer is Reader in Film & Media at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, UK. She specialises in Arab and African cinema, with a focus on women's roles in the film industries. She has written two books, Negotiating Dissidence: The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary (2017) and Women in African Cinema: Beyond the Body Politic (2020) and three edited collections, Art and Trauma in Africa (IB Tauris, 2013), Film Festivals and the Middle East (2014) and Animation in the Middle East (IB Tauris, 2017). In addition, she programmes Arab cinema for international film festivals, and she works for the Africa in Motion film festival in Scotland.
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Open University, UK
Queen Margaret University, UK
Introduction: The Multidirectionality of Transnational Arab Stardom
Kaya Davies Hayon (Open University, UK) and Stefanie Van de Peer (Queen Margaret University, UK)
Section 1: The Arab Diva: Glamour in Pan-Arab Performers
Chapter 1: Reading Umm Kulthum through Film: Egyptian Woman, International Star, and Haunting Legacy
Laura Lohman (North Central College, USA)
Chapter 2: Fame, Infamy, Renown and Celebrity in the Life of Asmahan
Sherifa Zuhur (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Strategic Studies, USA)
Chapter 3: 'Subversive to Boot': Tahia Carioca, an Imagined Geography of Egypt
Carolina Bracco (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Chapter 4: The Modern Marianne of Cairo: Arabness and Cosmopolitanism in Dalida's Stardom
Barbara Lebrun (University of Manchester, UK)
Chapter 5: Feiruz: Deconstructing a Legacy
Salma Yassine and Vicky Panossian (Central European University, Austria)
Section 2: The Intersections of Gender, Class and Sexuality in Arab Stardom
Chapter 6: Differently Empowering: The Performativity of Strong Female Leads Faten Hamama and Hind Rostom
Wessam Elmeligi (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
Chapter 7: The Sexually and Politically Dissident Stardom of Lubna Azabal
Kaya Davies Hayon (Open University, UK)
Chapter 8: Artist contribution
Bahia Shehab (American University in Cairo, Egypt)
Chapter 9: 'For Those That Haven't Given Up, Love Is Resistance': Hamed Sinno and the Power and Perils of Mashrou' Leila's Music
Lowry Martin (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Chapter 10: 'Egypt, Africa!': The Sonic Stardom of Mohamed Ramadan
Claire Cooley (Tufts University, USA)
Chapter 11: A 'Little Narrative': Elderly Actresses in Contemporary Egyptian Cinema
Dina Mohamed Abd Elsalam (Alexandria University, Egypt)
Section 3: Power and Politics: The Ideologies and Reception of Arab Stars
Chapter 12: Habiba M'sika and Haydee Chikly: Tragic Transnational Fandom and the Feminist Legacy of the Earliest Stars of Arab Cinema
Stefanie Van de Peer (Queen Margaret University, UK)
Chapter 13: Stars in Arms: Egypt's Movie Stars and the Free Officers
Ifdal Elsaket (Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Egypt)
Chapter 14: Being Omar Sharif: A Cinematographic Excavation of a Star
Mark Lotfy (Figleaf Studios, Egypt)
Chapter 15: Elia Suleiman: The Reluctant Star
Hania A.M. Nashef (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
Chapter 16: Jamel Debbouze: Intersectionality, Diaspora and Transnational Stardom
Will Higbee (University of Exeter, UK)
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