Place, memory and myth in contemporary Israeli cinema / Anat Zanger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zanger, Anat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Israel--History.

Motion pictures.

Memory in motion pictures.

Landscapes in motion pictures.

Space in motion pictures.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

History.

Israel.

Jewish-Arab relations in motion pictures.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2012.

Summary:

Zanger (film and television, Tel Aviv U., Israel) examines the intertwining tensions of space, place, and identity through critical analysis of several Israeli fiction and non-fiction films, television, and video art pieces. For Zanger, place and space function as both subject matter and theoretical tool. The book is divided into three parts: Placing the Image (Maps, Boarders and Checkpoints, Military Sacred Zone), Imaging the Place (Under the Water, the Desert or Myth of Empty Space, The Disappearing Garden), and Images in Rewind (Jerusalem's Skyline: between the Sacred and the Abject, The Orange Peel Path). Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Placing the image. Maps

Borders and checkpoints

Military sacred zone

Imaging the place. Under the water

The desert or the myth of empty space

The disappearing garden

Images in rewind. Jerusalem's skyline : between the sacred and the abject

The orange peel path.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-234), filmography (pages 235-239), and index.

ISBN:

9780853038450

0853038457

OCLC:

761380558