Description
Book SynopsisHow major Israeli films of the 1980s and 1990s have contributed to national identity formation.
Trade Review"This book is a very significant contribution, not only to the English-language discussion of Israeli cinema ... but also to understanding the highly contradictory developing dynamics of Israeli culture overall. The two key features of the book are its exceptionally thoughtful and insightful commentaries on the films selected and its refusal to blunt the sharp edges: Palestinians, [Holocaust] survivors, Sabras, and Mizrahim all find a voice." John D. H. Downing, John T. Jones, Jr., Centennial Professor in Communication, University of Texas at Austin
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Hybrid Victims
- Chapter 1. Screening the Birth of a Nation: Exodus Revisited
- Chapter 2. Surviving the Survivors: The Second Generation
- Chapter 3. Postmemory Cinema: Second-Generation Israelis Screen the Holocaust
- Chapter 4. Shchur: The Orient Within
- Chapter 5. In the Land of Oz: Orientalist Discourse in My Michael
- Chapter 6. Forbidden Love in the Holy Land: Transgressing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Chapter 7. The Day After: The Sexual Economy of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
