Directed by God: Jewishness in Contemporary Israeli Film and Television - Couverture souple

Peleg, Yaron

 
9781477309513: Directed by God: Jewishness in Contemporary Israeli Film and Television
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ISBN 10 : 1477309519 ISBN 13 : 9781477309513
Editeur : University of Texas Press, 2016

Synopsis

As part of its effort to forge a new secular Jewish nation, the nascent Israeli state tried to limit Jewish religiosity. However, with the steady growth of the ultraorthodox community and the expansion of the settler community, Israeli society is becoming increasingly religious. Although the arrival of religious discourse in Israeli politics has long been noticed, its cultural development has rarely been addressed. Directed by God explores how the country’s popular media, principally film and television, reflect this transformation. In doing so, it examines the changing nature of Zionism and the place of Judaism within it.

Once the purview of secular culture, Israel’s media initially promoted alternatives to traditional religious expression; however, using films such as Kadosh, Waltz with Bashir, and Eyes Wide Open, Yaron Peleg shows how Israel’s contemporary film and television programs have been shaped by new religious trends and how secular Israeli culture has processed and reflected on its religious heritage. He investigates how shifting cinematic visions of Jewish masculinity and gender track transformations in the nation’s religious discourse. Moving beyond the secular/religious divide, Directed by God explores changing film and television representations of different Jewish religious groups, assessing what these representations may mean for the future of Israeli society.

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À propos de l'auteur

Yaron Peleg is the Kennedy-Leigh Lecturer in modern Hebrew studies at the University of Cambridge, where he teaches modern Hebrew literature and Israeli culture. He is the author of Israeli Culture between the Two Intifadas: A Brief Romance and coeditor of Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion.

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Éditeur
University of Texas Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1477309519
ISBN 13 
9781477309513
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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