Demon in the box : Jews, Arabs, politics, and culture in the making of Israeli television / Tasha G. Oren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oren, Tasha G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting--Israel.

Television broadcasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Jews, Arabs, politics, and culture in the making of Israeli television

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What does a country's television programming say about its deep character, beliefs, dreams and fears? Here, Tasha G. Oren recounts the volatile history of Israeli television and aiming to reveal the history of the nation itself. television became the object of fantasies and anxieties that went to the heart of Israel's most pressing concerns: Arab-Israeli relations, immigration and the forging of a modern Israeli. Television broadcasting was aimed toward external relations - the flow of messages across borders, Arab-Israeli conflict, and the shaping of public opinion worldwide - as much as it was toward internal needs and interests. Through archival research and analysis of public scandals and early programmes, Oren traces Israeli television's transformation from a feared agent of decadence to a powerful national communication tool, and eventally, to a vastly popular entertainment medium.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1: MERE GLINTS AND REFRACTIONS: The Uses of Prehistory and the Origins of the Television Discourse""; ""Chapter 2: BROADCASTING THROUGH THE BACK DOOR: Three Models for Israeli Television""; ""Chapter 3: THE BELLY-DANCER STRATEGY: Israeli Educational Television and Its Alternatives""; ""Chapter 4: CLENCHED FIST AND OPEN PALM: The Six Day War, the Combat Radio Formula, and the Launch of General Television""; ""Chapter 5: JEWISH TELEVISION OR MICKEY MOUSE CULTURE?: The 1969 Election and the Sabbath Debate""

""Chapter 6: GOOD FOR THE JEWS: Airing National Guilt and the Hirbat Hizaa Affair""""CONCLUSION: On Televisual Imagination""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.

ISBN:

9780813566726

081356672X

9780813534206

0813534208

9780813536378

0813536375

OCLC:

56823175

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08263 hdl