Introduction -- Part I: Winning hearts in the Colonial Era (1910s-1950s). Entering the market (1910s-1940s) -- Hollywood films and their audience -- Hollywood films as political objects -- Part II: Losing ground in a changing market: political independence and VCRs (1950s-1990s). Political upheavals: the slow disintegration of the majors' distribution structure (1950s-1970s) -- Losing interest: the move to indirect distribution (1970s-1990s) -- Part III: US films galore in the digital era (2000s-2010s). The porous nature of closed markets -- North Africa: cinema and informal economy -- Historical markets: the age of maturity -- Film boom in the Gulf -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Traces the circulation of Hollywood films in North Africa and the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
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