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The Mute E of a Listening PresenceA Collaboration and Interview with Corine Shawi

The Mute E of a Listening PresenceA Collaboration and Interview with Corine Shawi Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/jmews/article-pdf/16/3/331/829291/331fox.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 30 March 2022 THIRD S PACE The Mute E of a Listening Presence A Collaboration and Interview with Corine Shawi ALBER TINE FO X ormally intricate and politically subversive, the films of the Lebanese director F Corine Shawi are composed of elliptically edited sequences, impassioned musical interludes, and sensual depictions of the female body. Her exploration of identity and female desire is interwoven with sights, sounds, and evocations of Lebanon’s present and past. Our exchange, which took place in the spring of 2019, focused primarily on Shawi’s documentary e muet (2013). Prior to emuet Shawi had made the long documentary Lesfemmesbonnes (2006), which follows the daily life of Doulika and other Sri Lankan domestic workers. She went on to make five fur- ther short documentaries: Daniela (2006), Oxygène (2007), Affinity (2007), Film of Welcome and Farewells (2007), and Je t’aime infiniment (directed with Nikolaj B. S. Larsen, 2010). Affinity explores paintings by the Polish Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka, evoking the sensual energy of her depictions of women. Oxygène fea- tures Shawi’s family members, who express their anxiety about the taboo subject of her brother’s unexplained health condition. Her latest http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Duke University Press

The Mute E of a Listening PresenceA Collaboration and Interview with Corine Shawi

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies , Volume 16 (3) – Nov 1, 2020

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Copyright © 2020 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies
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1552-5864
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1558-9579
DOI
10.1215/15525864-8637466
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Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/jmews/article-pdf/16/3/331/829291/331fox.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 30 March 2022 THIRD S PACE The Mute E of a Listening Presence A Collaboration and Interview with Corine Shawi ALBER TINE FO X ormally intricate and politically subversive, the films of the Lebanese director F Corine Shawi are composed of elliptically edited sequences, impassioned musical interludes, and sensual depictions of the female body. Her exploration of identity and female desire is interwoven with sights, sounds, and evocations of Lebanon’s present and past. Our exchange, which took place in the spring of 2019, focused primarily on Shawi’s documentary e muet (2013). Prior to emuet Shawi had made the long documentary Lesfemmesbonnes (2006), which follows the daily life of Doulika and other Sri Lankan domestic workers. She went on to make five fur- ther short documentaries: Daniela (2006), Oxygène (2007), Affinity (2007), Film of Welcome and Farewells (2007), and Je t’aime infiniment (directed with Nikolaj B. S. Larsen, 2010). Affinity explores paintings by the Polish Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka, evoking the sensual energy of her depictions of women. Oxygène fea- tures Shawi’s family members, who express their anxiety about the taboo subject of her brother’s unexplained health condition. Her latest

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Journal of Middle East Women's StudiesDuke University Press

Published: Nov 1, 2020

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