TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peleg,Yaron
TI  - Directed by God: Jewishness in Contemporary Israeli Film and Television 
SN  - 9781477309520
AV  - PN1995.9.J46 P45 2016
U1  - 791.436 529924 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Austin : 
PB  - University of Texas Press, 
KW  - Jews in motion pictures
KW  - Jews
KW  - Identity
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Israel
KW  - History
KW  - Zionism in motion pictures
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface and Acknowledgments --; A Note on Transliteration --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. JEWISH AND HUMAN: IMAGES OF ORTHODOX JEWS --; Chapter 2. JEWISH AND ISRAELI: IMAGES OF MIZRAHI JEWS --; Chapter 3. JEWISH AND FANATIC: IMAGES OF RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS --; Chapter 4. JEWISH AND POPULAR: IMAGES OF RELIGION ON TV --; Afterword --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Filmography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - As part of its effort to forge a new secular Jewish nation, the nascent Israeli state tried to limit Jewish religiosity. However, with the steady growth of the ultraorthodox community and the expansion of the settler community, Israeli society is becoming increasingly religious. Although the arrival of religious discourse in Israeli politics has long been noticed, its cultural development has rarely been addressed. Directed by God explores how the country’s popular media, principally film and television, reflect this transformation. In doing so, it examines the changing nature of Zionism and the place of Judaism within it. Once the purview of secular culture, Israel’s media initially promoted alternatives to traditional religious expression; however, using films such as Kadosh, Waltz with Bashir, and Eyes Wide Open, Yaron Peleg shows how Israel’s contemporary film and television programs have been shaped by new religious trends and how secular Israeli culture has processed and reflected on its religious heritage. He investigates how shifting cinematic visions of Jewish masculinity and gender track transformations in the nation’s religious discourse. Moving beyond the secular/religious divide, Directed by God explores changing film and television representations of different Jewish religious groups, assessing what these representations may mean for the future of Israeli society
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7560/309506
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477309520
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781477309520/original
ER  -