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Orientalism as Alterity in Israeli Cinema
- Cinema Journal
- University of Texas Press
- 40, Number 4, Summer 2001
- pp. 36-54
- 10.1353/cj.2001.0014
- Article
- Additional Information
This article deals with the representation of Middle Eastern Jews and Palestinians in the Israeli cinema of the 1970s and 1980s, specifically the phenomenon of "passing," whereby ethnicity and race are interchangeable in casting and plot. Such passing can empower Middle Eastern Jews to deconstruct ethnic stereotypes, while excluding Palestinians from participating in public discourse.