Collectivity in Struggle - Godard, Genet, and the Palestinian Revolt of the 1970s

Collectivity of Struggle examines Jean-Luc Godard and Jean Genet's projects developed in the 1970s vis-à-vis the Palestinian revolt. The book explores how these artistic-political projects portray and conceptualize the Palestinian "age of revolution," its abrupt end, and two modes of prolonging it.

List of contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Collectivity in Theory, Collectivity in Action

Chapter 2: Collective Enunciation and its Afterlife: Jean-Luc Godard's Audiovisual Enterprise with the Palestinians

Chapter 3: The Writerly Revolution: Jean Genet within the Fiction of Palestine

Chapter 4: Writing from Right to Left: Semitic Forms in French Letters

Afterward

About the author

By Shaul Setter

Summary

Collectivity of Struggle examines Jean-Luc Godard and Jean Genet’s projects developed in the 1970s vis-à-vis the Palestinian revolt. The book explores how these artistic-political projects portray and conceptualize the Palestinian “age of revolution,” its abrupt end, and two modes of prolonging it.

Product details

• Authors: Shaul Setter
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781498572026
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7202-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Französisch, Frankreich, Europäische Geschichte, French, HISTORY / Europe / France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1970 to c 1979, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1970 to c 1980, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism