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The year 1978 marked Israel's entry into Lebanon, which led to the long-term military occupation of non-sovereign territory and the long, costly war in Lebanon. In the years that followed, many Israelis found themselves alienated from the idea that their country used force only when there was no alternative, and Israeli society eventually underwent a dramatic change in attitude toward militarization and the infallibility of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). In __Narratives of Dissent: War in Contemporary Israeli Arts and Culture__ editors Rachel S. Harris and Ranen Omer-Sherman collect nineteen essays that examine the impact of this cultural shift on Israeli visual art, music, literature, poetry, film, theatre, public broadcasting, and commemoration practices after 1978. Divided into three thematic sections-Private and Public Spaces of Commemoration and Mourning, Poetry and Prose, and Cinema and Stage-this collection presents an exciting diversity of experiences, cultural interests, and disciplinary perspectives. From the earliest wartime writings of S. Yizhar to the global phenomenon of films such as __Beaufort, Waltz with Bashir__, and __Lebanon__, the Israeli artist's imaginative

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Author

Rachel S. Harris (ed.), Ranen Omer-Sherman (ed.)

Publisher

Wayne State University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814338032

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, Performing Arts