From Belsen to Gaza
The Promise (2011), British and British-Jewish identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12709233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emiliano Perra (0000-0002-9999-3035, University of Winchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-55 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5886 • E-ISSN: 1472-5894 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725886.2018.1537214 |
| OpenAlex | W2898438122 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
This article discusses Peter Kosminsky’s miniseries The Promise (2011) and investigates the intense public responses it engendered in Britain. The first part of the article explores how the miniseries takes the lead from the liberation of Belsen to engage with issues of British national self-perception. Drawing on the notion of ‘postimperial melancholia’, the article argues that The Promise explores important issues related to Britain’s past and present, in particular the lasting heritage of Empire. The second part engages with the intense reception of the miniseries among opinion makers and the general public, with many critics seeing The Promise as aimed at delegitimising the State of Israel. In thus doing, the article situates the debate within broader discussions on the supposed relationship between anti-Zionism and “new anti-Semitism”, and more specifically discussion of the role of anti-Zionist Jews. The debate around The Promise is a case study for the exploration of two related controversies. The first one pertains to Jewish/non-Jewish relations, in particular regarding the international role of Israel in the twenty-first century. The second one is more specifically infra-Jewish and revolves around the issue of which subjects are legitimate to speak out as Jews and in the name of which values
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Gaza strip · Identity (music · Jewish identity · Judaism · Palestine · Political science · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Palestine between Politics and Terror, 1945–1947
Beyond Post-Zionism
Israel Has Moved
After Empire
Seven Jewish Children — a play for Gaza
The Social Inheritance of the Holocaust
Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited
Brutality in an Age of Human Rights
Imperial Endgame
Filming the End of the Holocaust
The Holocaust in Italian Culture, 1944–2010
Anti-Semitism and its Metaphysical Origins
Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle
Antisemitism and Israel in British Jewish fiction
The Image of Israel and Postcolonial Discourse in the Early 21st Century
So what's new? Rethinking the ‘new antisemitism’ in a global age
A Senseless, Squalid War’
Belsen in History and Memory
Love and Surveillance
Finding Meaning in Memory
Post-Domicide Artefacts
No Way Through
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |