Over the past several decades, the prevailing attitude toward
Judaism in Israeli society has undergone a meaningful shift; where
the national ethos had once deemed Judaic traditions a vestige of
an arcane past incompatible with the culture of a modern state,
there is now greater acceptance of these traditions by a sizeable
part of Israeli society. Author Dan Chyutin reveals this trend
through a parallel shift toward acceptance and celebration of
Judaic identity and lifestyle in modern Israeli cinema. Hidden
Light explores the Judaic turn in contemporary Israeli filmmaking
for what it can tell us about Israel's cultural landscape, as well
as about the cinematic medium in general. Chyutin points to the
ambivalence of films which incorporate Judaism into Israel's
secular ethos; concurrently, he foregrounds the films' attempt to
overcome this ambivalence through reference to and activation of
experiences of transcendence and unity, made popular by New
Age–inflected understandings of Jewish mystical thought. By
virtue of this exploration, Judaic-themed Israeli cinema emerges as
a crucial example of how film's particular form of "magic" may be
exploited for the purpose of affecting mystical states in the
audience.
General
| Imprint: |
Wayne State University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Dan Chyutin
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
277 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8143-5067-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8143-5067-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780814350676 |
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