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Soldiers, Rebels, and Drifters: Gay Representation in Israeli Cinema

Soldiers, Rebels, and Drifters: Gay Representation in Israeli Cinema

Cohen, Nir

Paperback

Literary CriticismJudaismFilm Studies

ISBN10: 0814334784
ISBN13: 9780814334782
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Dec 16 2011
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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.

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