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| Author | : André Levy |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2015-11-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 022629255X |
Moroccan born Israeli anthropologist Andre Levy here presents a deeply nuanced and highly readable study of the relations between Moroccan Jews and Muslims past and present. Levy s return to his birthplace in Casablanca proceeds through several interrelated settings. There is the first encounter of return, fraught with fear and uncertainty when, as an Israeli arriving with papers granted by a third nation to come back to a country that has both repelled him and encouraged his permanent return, he finds his worries multiplied by the events of the Gulf War. As if he were behind enemy lines he approaches everything with understandable trepidation only to discover directly what he had long known intellectually, that Morocco continues to relate to its Jewish population with all the features of its historic ambivalence and ambiguity on full display. As he moves through the different contexts and domains of his return he addresses these factors in ways both personal and analytic. As the book progresses the reader is introduced to a variety of other contexts of the Moroccan Jewish experience. From the card players and beach etiquette, to the shared use of public baths and the visits by Muslims to Jewish ritual events the reader catches the sense of old patterns now approached with great wariness by a population that is much diminished both in size and in the daily experience of the dominant Muslim population. "Moroccan Voyage" is an exceptional read and should be ideal for use in a variety of courses in anthropology, Jewish studies, and Middle East studies."
| Author | : André Levy |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2015-11-04 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 022629269X |
In this book, Israeli anthropologist André Levy returns to his birthplace in Casablanca to provide a deeply nuanced and compelling study of the relationships between Moroccan Jews and Muslims there. Ranging over a century of history—from the Jewish Enlightenment and the impending colonialism of the late nineteenth century to today’s modern Arab state—Levy paints a rich portrait of two communities pressed together, of the tremendous mobility that has characterized the past century, and of the paradoxes that complicate the cultural identities of the present. Levy visits a host of sites and historical figures to assemble a compelling history of social change, while seamlessly interweaving his study with personal accounts of his returns to his homeland. Central to this story is the massive migration of Jews out of Morocco. Levy traces the institutional and social changes such migrations cause for those who choose to stay, introducing the concept of “contraction” to depict the way Jews deal with the ramifications of their demographic dwindling. Turning his attention outward from Morocco, he goes on to explore the greater complexities of the Jewish diaspora and the essential paradox at the heart of his adventure—leaving Israel to return home.
| Author | : P. Henninger |
| Publisher | : CreateSpace |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2013-02-27 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781482553345 |
The classic film "Casablanca" provides the inspiration for this novel, but its plot is straight out of today's news. An American with a shadowy history is now living in Casablanca. He is visited by a beautiful woman, out of his past, Anya. She needs help bringing her husband, a Mossad operative, out of a deep cover operation in a terrorist cell, one that has laid claim to the name and reputation of a notorious group from the 1970's. Anya's husband, however, has learned of a massive terrorist operation planned by the group he has infiltrated. His agency wants more information, so they won't pull him out. But does Rick Grey even want to help? The race is on to bring her husband from the shadows, while others work to prevent the plot from reaching its horrible conclusion.
| Author | : Dan Pollock |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 475 |
| Release | : 2014-06-02 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1312242507 |
A ruthless Axis agent code-named Sirocco and an American linguist turned amateur spy find themselves on a collision course with destiny in romantic and exotic World War II Casablanca. Roosevelt and Churchill are coming to Casablanca. So are Eisenhower and Patton, Montgomery and DeGaulle. For ten days, the entire Allied High Command will be gathered in one place-to plan the invasion of Fortress Europe. Learning of the secret conference through an Abwehr intercept, Hitler launches an audacious counterstrike - with one demonic blow he will take out the assembled Allied chieftains and turn the tide of war back in favor of the Reich.
| Author | : Noah Isenberg |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2017-02-14 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0393243133 |
A Los Angeles Times bestseller A New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice” Selection “Even the die-hardest Casablanca fan will find in this delightful book new ways to love the movie they were certain they could never love more.” —Sam Wasson, best-selling author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. Casablanca is “not one movie,” Umberto Eco once quipped; “it is ‘movies.’” Film historian Noah Isenberg’s We’ll Always Have Casablanca offers a rich account of the film’s origins, the myths and realities behind its production, and the reasons it remains so revered today, over seventy-five years after its premiere.
| Author | : Robert Weldon Whalen |
| Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
| Total Pages | : 155 |
| Release | : 2024-02-06 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1531504825 |
A new look at a beloved classic film that explores the philosophical dynamics of Casablanca Celebrating its eightieth anniversary this year, Casablanca remains one of the world’s most enduringly favorite movies. It won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It is still commonly quoted: “We’ll always have Paris” and “Here’s looking at you, kid” And who can forget, “You must remember this...a kiss is just a kiss.” Yet no one expected much to come of this little film, certainly not its blockbuster stars or even the studio producing it. So how did this hastily cranked-out 1940s film, despite its many limitations, become one of the greatest films ever made? How is it that year after year, decade after decade, it continues to appear in the lists of the greatest movies ever produced? And why do audiences still weep when Rick and Ilsa part? The answer, according to Casablanca’s Conscience, is to paraphrase Rick, “It’s true.” Much has already been written about the film and the career-defining performances of Bogart and Bergman. Casablanca is an epic tale of love, betrayal, and sacrifice set against the backdrop of World War II. Yet decades later, it continues to capture the imagination of filmgoers. In Casablanca’s Conscience, author Robert Weldon Whalen explains why it still resonates so deeply. Applying a new lens to an old classic, Whalen focuses on the film’s timeless themes—Exile, Purgatory, Irony, Love, Resistance, and Memory. He then engages the fictional characters—Rick, Ilsa, and the others—against the philosophical and theological discourse of their real contemporaries, Hannah Arendt, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Albert Camus. The relationships between fictional and historical persons illuminate both the film’s era as well as perennial human concerns. Both the film and the work of the philosophers explore dimensions of the human experience, which, while extreme, are familiar to everyone. It’s the themes that resonate with the viewer, that have sustained it as an evergreen classic all these years.
| Author | : Kathy Kriger |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2012-11-06 |
| Genre | : Cooking |
| ISBN | : 076279044X |
For more than 60 years, tourists visiting Casablanca tried to visit Rick’s Café Americain only to discover that Warner Brothers had built the entire set on a studio back lot. It was a Hollywood fantasy—until Kathy Kriger came along, that is, and decided after 9/11 to bring the imaginary gin joint to life. In RICK'S CAFE, she takes us through souk back alleys, the Marché Central's overflowing food stalls, and the shadowy Moroccan business world, all while producing, directing, casting, and playing lead actress in her own story. Instead of letters of transit, she begged for letters of credit; the governor of Casablanca watched her back instead of Captain Renault; and at the piano, playing “As Time Goes By,” sits not Sam but Issam. She encountered paper pushers, absent architects, dedicated craftsmen, mad chefs, and surprising allies. It took over two years, but now, as Captain Renault says to Major Strasser, “Everybody comes to Rick’s.” Here is the remarkable story of a woman who turned Hollywood fantasy into Moroccan reality and made her dream come true.
| Author | : Meredith Hindley |
| Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
| Total Pages | : 693 |
| Release | : 2017-10-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1610394062 |
This rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and American powers, and a place where spies, soldiers, and political agents exchanged secrets and vied for control. In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the most valuable wartime ports: Casablanca. In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic travel destination to a key military target after France's surrender to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the United States and beyond. Nazi agents and collaborators infiltrated the city in search of power and loyalty. The resistance was not far behind, as shopkeepers, celebrities, former French Foreign Legionnaires, and disgruntled bureaucrats formed a network of Allied spies. But once in American hands, Casablanca became a crucial logistical hub in the fight against Germany -- and the site of Roosevelt and Churchill's demand for "unconditional surrender." Rife with rogue soldiers, power grabs, and diplomatic intrigue, Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city--memorialized in the classic film that was rush-released in 1942 to capitalize on the drama that was unfolding in North Africa at the heart of World War II.
| Author | : Harlan Lebo |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 1992-10 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0671769812 |
Interviews, behind-the-scenes details, photographs, correspondences, and notes provide an overview of the production of the motion picture "Casablanca." Includes cast list, credits, and reviews.
| Author | : Antonio Tabucchi |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780811209854 |
