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Hidden light : Judaism and mystical experience in Israeli cinema / Dan Chyutin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chyutin, Dan, author.
- Series:
- Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
- Contemporary approaches to film and media series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism in motion pictures.
- Mysticism in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Israel--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- An examination of contemporary Israeli cinema's engagement with Judaism as cultural identity and mystical tradition.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Judaism and Cinema in an Israeli Context
- 1. Lifting the Veil: The Spiritual Style and Judaic-Themed Israeli Cinema
- 2. "Who Can Find a Virtuous Woman?": Female (Im)Modesty and Mystical-Messianic Time
- 3. Ritual in Film, Film as Ritual: The Vicissitudes of Prayer
- 4. Hasidic Tales on Film and the Question of Credulity
- Afterword: Toward a Global Mystical Society.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814350690
- 0814350690
- OCLC:
- 1378389277
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