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02768aam a2200433 i 4500 001 4FB87EA4CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240217010049 008 230320t20232023miua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2023930387 020 $a 0814350682 020 $a 9780814350683 020 $a 0814350674 020 $a 9780814350676 035 $a (OCoLC)1372393663 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IHV $d OCLCO $d BRX $d YDX $d IND $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a a-is--- 050 4 $a PN1993.5.I86 $b C48 2023 055 4 $a PN1993.5.I86 082 04 $a 791.43095694 $2 23/eng/20231002 082 04 $a 791.43/68296 $2 23/eng/20231002 100 1 $a Chyutin, Dan, $e author. 245 10 $a Hidden light : $b Judaism and mystical experience in Israeli cinema / $c Dan Chyutin. 264 1 $a Detroit, Michigan : $b Wayne State University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a x, 282 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media series 520 $a "The social meaningfulness of Judaic-themed Israeli cinema provides an important example of how mystical thought may serve to enrich our theoretical understanding of film. Author Dan Chyutin reveals a parallel shift toward acceptance of Judaism in Israeli society and exploring Judaic identity and lifestyle in modern Israeli cinema. Hidden Light addresses the ambivalence of films that incorporate Judaism into Israel's secular ethos and how this ambivalence is negotiated through emphasis on experiences of transcendence and unity, made popular by New Age-inflected understandings of Jewish mystical thought. Through this analysis, Judaic-themed Israeli cinema emerges as a crucial example of how film's particular form of 'magic' may be exploited for the purpose of affecting mystical states in the audience"--Page 4 of cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Judaism and cinema in an Israeli context -- Lifting the veil: the spiritual style and Judaic-themed Israeli cinema -- "Who can find a virtuous woman?": female (im)modesty and mystical-messianic time -- Ritual in film, film as ritual: the vicissitudes of prayer -- Hasidic tales on film and the question of credulity -- Afterword: Toward a global mystical society. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $z Israel $x History. 650 0 $a Jews in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Judaism and culture. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $x Religious aspects. 655 7 $a Film criticism. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Critiques cineÌmatographiques. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000313254 830 0 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media series 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217010941.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4FB87EA4CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search