{"product_id":"9781978813380-projecting-the-nation","title":"Projecting the Nation","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory and Ideology on the Israeli Screen\u003cbr\u003eOffers a wide-ranging history of over seven decades of Israeli cinema. \u003cem\u003eProjecting the Nation\u003c\/em\u003e contends that Israeli cinema offers rich historical and ideological perspectives that expose the complexity of the Israeli project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProjecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging history of over seven decades of Israeli cinema.  The only book in English to offer this type of historical scope was Ella Shohat's \u003ci\u003eIsraeli Cinema: East West and the Politics of Representation\u003c\/i\u003e from 1989.  Since 1989, however, Israeli cinema and Israeli society have undergone some crucial transformations and, moreover, Shohat's book offered a single framework through which to judge Israeli cinema: a critique of orientalism. \u003ci\u003eProjecting the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e contends that Israeli cinema offers much richer historical and ideological perspectives that expose the complexity of the Israeli project.  By analyzing Israeli films which address such issues as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi divide, the kibbutz and urban life, the rise of religion in Israeli public life and more, the book explores the way cinema has represented and also shaped our understanding of the history of modern Israel as it evolved from a collectivist society to a society where individualism and adherence to local identities is the dominant ideology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53567293030774,"sku":"9781978813380","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28675112.jpg?v=1730225232","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781978813380-projecting-the-nation","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}