Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xiii
5. Introduction: Moumen Smihi, World Cinema, Arab Modernism 1
6. Chapter One: Radical Realities: Form and Politics in the New Arab Cinema 34
7. Chapter Two: The Voice of the Arabs: Smihi’s Soundscapes 73
8. Chapter Three: Kan ya makan: Intertextuality and Arab Modernism 107
9. Chapter Four: Religion, Secularism, Modernity 144
10. Chapter Five: For a New Nahda: Gender, Sexuality, and Freedom 180
11. Notes 213
12. Filmography 241
13. Bibliography 243
14. Index 261