1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962750703321

Autore

Cohen Nir <1976->

Titolo

Soldiers, rebels, and drifters : gay representation in Israeli cinema / / Nir Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2012

ISBN

9780814337097

0814337090

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

791.43086/64

Soggetti

Homosexuality in motion pictures

Gay people in motion pictures

Motion pictures - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Zionism, homosexuality, and film -- An imagined city for an imagined community: Tel Aviv and gay identity on the Israeli screen -- Melodrama, decadence, and death in Amos Guttman's cinema -- Gay men and the establishment in the films of Eytan Fox -- Real lives: new Israeli nonfiction gay cinema -- Recent developments and future directions: some concluding notes.

Sommario/riassunto

A cultural history of gay filmmaking in Israel that explores its role in the rise of gay consciousness over the past three decades.   Despite the canonical status of the written word in forging the Zionist-Israeli national narrative and its subversive derivatives, the emergence of gay consciousness in the mid-1970s relied more on cinematic representations than those found in literature, journalism, or popular music. Film's global distribution reached wide overseas audiences and emphasized gay men and lesbians' roles in representing "liberal" Israel to the world. In Soldiers, Rebels, and Drifters: Gay Representation in Israeli Cinema author Nir Cohen studies the role of cinema in portraying gay identities, environments, and lifestyles in Israel over the past three decades, particularly in the wake of a series of legal battles for gay rights in the 1980s and 1990s.   In five chapters, Cohen examines the past, present, and future of gay filmmaking in Israel. In



chapter 1, he traces the roots of an imagined Israeli gay community in film by examining the parallels between constructing gay identity on screen and representing the city of Tel Aviv as a cosmopolitan metropolis, with a focus on the early films of Amos Guttman and Eytan Fox. In chapter 2, he explores Guttman's films in detail to trace their contribution to the evolution of a gay identity in 1980s Israel. Chapter 3 shifts to the work of Eytan Fox, probably the most prolific gay Israeli director since Guttman. In chapter 4, Cohen tackles nonfiction gay filmmaking in Israel in the form of documentaries and self-authored films. Chapter 5 concludes the volume with a look at the current state of gay filmmaking in Israel, including the new directions that recent films have taken and the increasing interest in the experience of gay men and lesbians from religious communities.   Beyond simple textual analysis, Cohen addresses the institutional apparatuses of the movie industry, including the politics behind funding, censorship, and television broadcasting, and relates the films studied to the cultural and political history of Israel since the late 1970s. Film and television scholars, as well as those interested in queer studies and the cultural history of Israel will be grateful for this thorough study of gay Israeli cinema.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910893735103321

Titolo

Rapport annuel / Security Intelligence Review Committee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1985-

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Disciplina

320

340

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Zusatz wechselt