Pub Date: July 1, 2012
Dewey: 791.43652992
LCCN: 2011279837
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.95" H x 9.30" L x 6.15" W ( 1.10 lbs) 226 pages
BISAC Categories:
Performing Arts | Film | History and Criticism | History | Middle East | Israel and Palestine | Jewish | General | Social Science | Jewish Studies | Media Studies | Sociology | Social Theory | Cultural and Ethnic Studies
Description: This book examines the connections between the cinema of the Yishuv (Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine) and the Zionist idea. The book follows the plans to create the figure of the New Jew in Eretz Yisrael, as part of a personal, national, and universal revolution, and it explores the figure and traits of the pioneer. It also examines how cinema has