Afghanistan in the Cinema.
Title:
Afghanistan in the Cinema.
Author:
Graham, Mark.
ISBN:
9780252091391
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- title page -- copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Haunted Eyes -- PART 1: Imperialist Nostalgia -- 1. Getting in Touch with Our Inner Savage: The Horsemen -- 2. Butch and Sundance in Afghanistan: The Man Who Would Be King -- 3. The New Great Game: Rambo III, The Beast, and Charlie Wilson's War -- PART 2: The Burqa Films -- 4. Land without Images: Kandahar -- 5. Afghan Gothic: Osama -- PART 3: Border Crossings -- 6. The West Unveiled: In This World -- 7. The Poetry of Silence: Ellipsis -- 8. A Way to Feel Good Again: The Kite Runner -- Conclusion: Ending Charlie Wilson's War -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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