Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.
Contents:
Pioneers, fighters and immigrants -- Looking inward -- Present absentees -- The post-Zionist condition -- The post-political turn in Israeli cinema -- Eros on the Israeli screen -- In the image of the divine -- Epilogue. Big screens, small screens.
Summary:
"Projecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen is a wide-ranging history of over seven decades of Israeli cinema. By analyzing Israeli films which address such issues as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi divide, the kibbutz, the rise of religion in Israel, the book explores the way cinema has represented and shaped our understanding of the Israeli history as it evolved from a collectivist society to a society where individualism and adherence to local identities is the dominant ideology"-- Provided by publisher.
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