Abd el-Krim's guerrilla war against Spain and France in North Africa
An adventure setting for screen melodramas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5723940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mevliyar Er (0000-0002-9437-9634), M C Er (0000-0002-9624-7862), Paul B Rich |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 597-615 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2015.1050847 |
| OpenAlex | W1759000653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
The Riffian rebel leader Mohammed Abd el-Krim Al-Khattabi (1882–1963) became an important early guerrilla leader by successfully initiating extensively organized resistance in the Moroccan Rif against Spanish and French imperial power in the early 1920s. The Rif War triggered a wave of adventure films since the 1930s. This article will look at some of these, especially Sergeant Klems (1971) and The Wind and the Lion (1975), and suggest that they can be seen in terms of the wider impact of screen Orientalism derived from the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean. The article will show that these films promoted what it terms a colonial gaze by underlining many stereotyped cinematic clichés relating to the Islamic cultural area and Abd el-Krim's revolt that stretch back to the early history of cinema
Adventure · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Citizen journalism · Humanities · Political science · African history and culture studies · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2017 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |