Contemporary Israeli Cinema - Trauma, Ethics and Temporality

Through analysis of the complex discourse surrounding trauma and loss, this book provides a necessary examination of temporality and ethics in Israeli film and television since the turn of the millennium.

List of contents

Introduction  1  Witnessing and Accountability  2  Documentary Reenactment and Ethics  3  Terror TV and Traumatic Time  4  Trauma and Women's Cinema  5  Melancholia and Queer Diaspora  5  Homonationalism and Transnational Temporalities

About the author

Raz Yosef is an Associate Professor and head of the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University, Israel. His research interests are on gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, trauma and memory in Israeli national visual culture.

Summary

Through analysis of the complex discourse surrounding trauma and loss, this book provides a necessary examination of temporality and ethics in Israeli film and television since the turn of the millennium.

Product details

• Authors: Raz Yosef
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032194219
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3219421-9
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle East Film and Media
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Middle East, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General