When the Hebrew edition of this groundbreaking book came out, it
provoked a stormy public debate. The author has now up-dated "Israeli
Cinema", adding a substantial new postscript that reflects on the
book's initial reception and points to exciting new trends in the
cinematic representation of Israel and Palestine. Ella Shohat explores
the cinema as a productive site of national culture, dating back to
the early Zionist films about turn-of-the-century Palestine. She
offers a deconstructionist reading of Zionism, viewing the cinema as
itself participating in the 'invention' of the nation. Unthinking the
Eurocentric imaginary of 'East versus West', Shohat highlights the
paradoxes of an anomalous national/colonial project through a number
of salient issues, including the Sabra figure as a negation of the
'Diaspora Jew', the iconography of the land of Israel as a denial of
Palestine, and the narrative role of 'the good Arab'. The new
postscript examines the emergence of a richly multiperspectival
cinematic space that transcends earlier dichotomies through a
palimpsestic and cross-border approach to Israel/Palestine.
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ISBN
9780857713889
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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