The Rhetoric of Violence - Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

Despite the urgent need to develop understandings of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the light of the current situation in the Middle East, the role of violence and reconciliation in Palestinian and Israeli literature and film has received only brief treatment. This book is intended to fill that void; that is to explore how Israelis and Palestinians view and depict themselves and each other in situations that lead to either violence or reconciliation, and the ways in which both parties define themselves in relation to one another. The book examines selected Palestinian and Israeli literary works and a small number of films and their tacit assumptions about Israeli Jews. It will attempt to look at, among other questions a) is violence perceived as a means of empowerment, b) is there connection between imaginary violence in literature and actual violence, and what is the nature of the association between creative writers and violence? (eg. popular writer Ghassan Kanafani who is also a spokesman for the violent PFLP).

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2006
First published:	2005
Authors:	Kamal Abdel-Malek
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	231
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6405-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
LSN:	1-4039-6405-X
Barcode:	9781403964052

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