Liberalization and Culture in Contemporary Israel

In this book Ari Ofengenden examines the ways that Israel's integration into global economy has affected its main stream culture. Ofengenden uses works of Israeli film, literature, and television, from the past 30 years to conceptualize the changes in Israel's culture. He analyzes the central phenomena associated with Israel's integration into the global economy including: the demise of realism and the rise of commercial culture, the production of film, television, and novels for western audiences, and the critiques of capitalism in media. Ofengenden also explores the refiguring national identity through critique of masculinity. The book also discusses the affect globalization and marketization has had on modern narratives of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Economics and Cultural Globalization in Israel: A Historical Introduction
Chapter Two: Marketization in Israeli Television, Film and Literature
Chapter Three: It Ain't Europe Here
Chapter Four: Refiguring National Identity under Globalization
Chapter Five: The New Discourses or the Culture of the Left
Chapter Six: New Dystopias in Israeli Fiction
Chapter Seven: The Conflict Beyond Nationalism: The Second Intifada in Film and Narrative
Conclusion: Contextualizing Israel in a Global Knowledge-Society
Bibliography
About the Author

Info autore

Ari Ofengenden is professor of Hebrew language and literature

Riassunto

The book looks at the ways in which Israel’s integration into the global economy has affected its main stream culture. Ofengenden uses works of Israeli film, literature, and television, from the past 30 years to conceptualize the changes in Israel’s culture.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ari Ofengenden, Ofengenden Ari
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781498570374
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7037-4
• Pagine: 212
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Politics & government, Politics and government, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry)