In this Book

Narratives of Dissent: War in Contemporary Israeli Arts and Culture

Book
Rachel S. Harris
2012
Published by: Wayne State University Press

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

pp. v-vi

Introduction: Zionism and the Culture of Dissent

pp. 1-22

I. Private and Public Spaces of Commemoration and Mourning

1. ‘‘Music of Peace’’ at a Time of War: Middle Eastern Music Amid the Second Intifada

pp. 25-43

2. Privatizing Commemoration: The Helicopter Disaster Monument and the Absent State

pp. 44-64

3. ‘‘Cyclic Interruptions’’: Popular Music on Israeli Radio in Times of Emergency

pp. 65-77

4. Consuming Nostalgia: Greeting Cards and Soldier-Citizens

pp. 78-98

5. The Photographic Memory of Asad Azi

pp. 99-116

6. ‘‘We Shall Remember Them All’’: The Culture of Online Mourning and Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers in Israel

pp. 117-132

II. Poetry and Prose

7. Bereavement and Breakdown: War and Failed Motherhood in Raya Harnik’s Work

pp. 135-152

8. From IDF to .PDF: War Poetry in the Israeli Digital Age

pp. 153-166

9. ‘‘Unveiling Injustice’’: Dahlia Ravikovitch’s Poetry of Witness

pp. 167-186

10. War at Home: Literary Engagements with the Israeli Political Crisis in Two Novels by Gabriela Avigur-Rotem

pp. 187-204

11. Forcing the End: Apocalyptic Israeli Fiction, 1971–2009

pp. 205-220

12. Oh, My Land, My Birthplace: Lebanon War and Intifada in Israeli Fiction and Poetry

pp. 221-240

13. Vexing Resistance, Complicating Occupation: A Contrapuntal Reading of Sahar Khalifeh’s Wild Thorns and David Grossman’s The Smile of the Lamb

pp. 241-263

14. Gender, War, and Zionist Mythogynies: Feminist Trends in Israeli Scholarship

pp. 264-278

III. Cinema and Stage

15. Representations of War in Israeli Drama and Theater

pp. 281-299

16. From National Heroes to Postnational Witnesses: A Reconstruction of Israeli Soldiers’ Cinematic Narratives as Witnesses of History

pp. 300-316

17. A Woman’s War: The Gulf War and Popular Women’s Culture in Israel

pp. 317-335

18. Beaufort the Book, Beaufort the Film: Israeli Militarism under Attack

pp. 336-345

19. Shifting Manhood: Masculinity and the Lebanon War in Beaufort and Waltz with Bashir

pp. 346-364

List of Contributors

pp. 365-368

Index

pp. 369-378
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