Cinema in an Age of Terror: North Africa, Victimization, and Colonial History

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Index Abu Ghraib prison, 45 adoption, 157–58, 172n15 The Adulterous Woman (Camus), 153, 154, 179nn1–3 aesthetics, 85–86, 97, 129–45, 177nn8–9 The Age of Terror (Chanda and Talbott), 161n1 The Age of the World Target (Chow), 167n11 Algeria, 10–11, 12–13; aesthetic representations within, 134–35; beur cinema portrayals of life in, 122–26; cinema industry of, 162n7; crime in, 137–38; cultural traditions of, 107–9; feminine versus masculine perspectives in, 140–42, 177nn10–11; Mediterranean zone of transit and, 25–26; national identity of, 130–31, 135–36, 175n1; revolutionary essence in, 30–31, 169n1; soldiers of, 60–65, 168n2; stereotypes of, in beur cinema, 102–4; torture by the French in, 45, 83–84, 94–96, 166n6; visits of Maghrebs to, 123–24; war in, 79–80, 88, 107, 140–41, 145–47, 163n11, 165n20, 176n2, 178n15 Algeria Cuts (Khanna), 180n9 Algeria Syndrome, 95, 99, 127, 171n7 Alleg, Henri, 45 Allouache, Merzak, 20, 105, 122, 125–26 Alloula, Malek, 10–11, 163n13; The Colonial Harem, 11, 169n10 al-Qaeda, 43, 165n20 anti-Arab sentiment, 24–25, 104 Anti-Oedipus (Deleuze and Guattari), 133 Arabs: adoption of, 157–58, 172n15; clash of, with West, 104, 116–18, 119–24, 162n4, 166n7; extremism among, 28–29; negative sentiment toward, 24–25, 104; politicization of language and, 175n1, 178n19; revolutionary essence among, 30–31; stereotypes of, 26–28, 40–41, 104, 153–54 Aspects véritables de la rébellion algérienne suivi de (Rondeau), 82 assimilation, cultural, 101, 168n4 Babel (film), 153, 154–55, 156, 179n1 Bachelard, Gaston, 177n12 Balibar, Etienne, 80, 81 banlieue cinema. See beur cinema Barbie, Klaus, 49, 157 Barthes, Roland, 154–55, 177n9 The Battle of Algiers (film), 5–6, 19, 30, 155, 162n7; brutalities of war in, 34–35; clash of civilizations in, 166n7; critical assessments of, 35; neorealism in, 39–40; 192 Index The Battle of Algiers (film) (cont.) Orientalism and, 24–25, 29–31; portrayal of Algerians in, 30–31, 33–34; as resistance cinema, 26–27, 34–43, 47–48, 162n8; screening of, by Pentagon, 22–23, 29, 31, 32–33, 40–41, 166n8; victimization in, 7–8, 9; war in Iraq and, 22, 26–28, 45–46 Baye, Nathalie, 157–58 Bazin, André, 39; What is Cinema?, 38 Begag, Azouz, 20, 84, 105, 106 Behdad, Ali, 163n12 Benahouda, Lynda, 115 Benguigui, Yamina, 20, 118, 127 Benna, Zyed, 54 Benoit, Bertrand, 171n7 Bertolucci, Bernardo, 24 beur cinema: colonialism in, 105–6; definition of, 102; media representations of, 168n6; set in Algeria, 122–26; spatial aspect to, 103–4, 173n3, 174n7; stereotypes of Algerians in, 102–4; women in, 114–26 Bhabha, Homi, 15–16, 166n9 Black Skin, White Masks (Fanon), 16 Blancan, Bernard, 67 Blanchett, Cate, 153 Bouchareb, Rachid, 9–10, 14–16, 50–51, 66, 78, 151, 158 Bouhired, Djamila, 156 Branche, Raphaëlle: La Torture et l’armée pendant la guerre d’Algérie, 82 Caché (film), 20, 80–81, 85–100; dialogue on postcolonial paradigm and, 172n18; legacy of colonial-era victimization in, 99–100, 155–56; massacre of Algerians in, 88–90; noir aesthetics of, 85–86, 97; throat cutting in, 94–96 Cambodia, 179n7 Camp de Thiaroye (film), 51–52, 69, 73–77 Camus, Albert: The Adulterous Woman, 153, 154, 179nn1–3 Carême, Maurice, 112 Carlos the Jackal (terrorist), 157 cartographies of victimization, 15–16, 17–21 Céline, Ferdinand, 90 Ces voix qui m’assiègent (Djebar), 133 Chabrl, Claude, 49 Chakrabarty, Dipesh, 166n8 Chambers, Iain, 14–15, 25, 29, 164n18 Chanan, Michael, 31, 167n13 Chanda, Nayan: The Age of Terror, 161n1 Chaouch, Mohamed, 115 Charef, Mehdi, 101 Chevènement, Jean-Pierre, 89 Chirac, Jacques, 9, 53–54, 57 Chow, Rey: The Age of the World Target, 167n11 Clarke, Richard, 28, 30 clash of civilizations, 104, 116–18, 119–24, 162n4, 166n7 The Colonial Harem (Alloula), 11, 169n10 Index 193 colonialism: aesthetic representations of, 129–45, 177nn8–9; American, 31–32; and disillusionment, 60–65; feminine versus masculine perspectives of, 140–42, 177nn10–11; French, 9–10, 14–15, 18, 53–54, 59; historical revisionism and, 22–23, 66–69, 161n3, 169n13; immigrants and, 57–59; Mediterranean zone of transit and, 25–26, 41–42; nostalgia for, 138–43, 176n6, 177n9; Orientalism and, 24–25, 29–31; postcolonial theory and, 8–17; representations of, in beur cinema, 105–6; spatial arrangements and, 109–11; study of...