Muslim Women in French Cinema – Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France Hardback

Muslim Women in French CinemaVoices of Maghrebi Migrants in France\nAuthor(s): Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781781381984, 978-1781381984\nSynopsis\nMuslim Women in French Cinema: Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France is the first comprehensive study of cinematic representations of first-generation Muslim women from the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) in France. Women of this generation migrated to France during the decades preceding and following the end of French colonial rule, and they are generally though not always accurately regarded as belonging to a generation of migrants silenced under the weight of poverty, illiteracy, Islamic tradition, and majority ethnic Islamophobia. Situated at the intersection of post-colonial studies, gender studies, and film studies, this book brings together a diverse corpus of over 60 documentaries, short films, tlfilms (made-for-.