{"product_id":"film-and-cinephilia-in-pakistan-beyond-life-and-death-paperback-1","title":"Film and Cinephilia in Pakistan: Beyond Life and Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAli Nobil Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAli Khan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a carefully curated selection of recently published academic research, critical essays, translations, and interviews on Pakistani cinema. Indispensable for film enthusiasts, students, and scholars of cinema in Pakistan and beyond, it brings cutting edge works previously trapped behind paywalls together with neglected writings by figures such as Manto, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and Muhammad Hasan Askari. Certain to become a classic in the burgeoning field of South Asian film and media studies, its scope encompasses past and present complexities of filmmaking, distribution, and cinephilia in a country whose rich cinematic heritage is just beginning to be appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAli Nobil Ahmad, \u003cem\u003eIndependent researcher, journalist, and curator, \u003c\/em\u003e, Ali Khan, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUMS\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAli Nobil Ahmad\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent researcher, journalist, and curator. His interests encompass political ecology, migration, and the media in Pakistan and its diaspora. He has authored and edited a range of publications on these subjects, having held academic positions in Pakistan, the US, and Germany. Hewas curator of \u003cem\u003eanthropoSCENE\u003c\/em\u003e, a festival of screenings and talks at Berlin's Kino Moviemento (2017); co-curator of \u003cem\u003eBetween the Sacred and the Profane\u003c\/em\u003e, a retrospective on Jamil Dehlavi at the British Film Institute (2018), and \u003cem\u003eWinds of Change\u003c\/em\u003e, a programme on cinema and the Arab Spring at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London (2011). Hisdocumentary films on climate justice in Pakistan, \u003cem\u003eWaseb\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLok Sath\u003c\/em\u003e, have been widely screened at conferences, festivals, and galleries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAli Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS. His research interests vary from labour issues to popular culture in Pakistan focusing particularly on cinema and sports. Khan's book \u003cem\u003eRepresenting Children: Power, Policy and the Discourse on Child Labour in the Football Manufacturing Industry of Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2007 by Oxford University Press. He is also the General Editor for a series of seven books on Sociology and Anthropology in Pakistan. His last two projects have resulted in co-authored and edited books on cricket -- Cricket Cauldron (London: I. B. Tauris, 2013) and \u003cem\u003eCinema and Society: Film and Social Change in Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2016). He has an MPhil and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge in England.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45775723626693,"sku":"9780190701321","price":33.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Qqs1yw-ymF9780190701321_cdb69f78-5f12-4c22-a1b1-d33e89bb7d58.webp?v=1770538903","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/film-and-cinephilia-in-pakistan-beyond-life-and-death-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}