Towards a minor cinema

A Deleuzian reflection on Chahine'sAlexandria Why?(1978)

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ID3979543
AutoresWisam Kh Abdul-Jabbar (0000-0001-8771-8645, University of Alberta, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume20
Fascículo2
Páginas159-171
Data de publicação2015-03-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629387.2014.917583
OpenAlexW2094327032
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas12

In his description of modern political cinema, Gilles Deleuze touches rather briefly on Youssif Chahine's Alexandria Why? (1979) as he explains how it subscribes to minor cinema. He ascribes to Chahine's film the quality of a ‘compositional mode’, which Deleuze categorises as the third characteristic of minor cinema. The aim of this paper is, therefore, not only to elaborate on the Deleuzian view discussed in his book Cinema 2: The Time-Image (1985) but also to examine extensively how Chahine's film blurs or conforms to the other characteristics of minor cinema. The paper furthermore explores Deleuze's three descriptions of modern political cinema in relation to Deleuze and Guatarri's conceptual understanding of minor literature as explicated in their book Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature (1975

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