Between Israel and Germany
Therapeutic Return to the Place of Trauma in Contemporary Israeli Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4071344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ido Ramati (0000-0002-5364-2969, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 179-197 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/0094033x-2753648 |
| OpenAlex | W2318165492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The article explores the phenomenon of return to Germany in contemporary Israeli cinema and argues that this return encodes a therapeutic construct for cultural healing from the traumas of forced migration and the Holocaust. Trauma studies supplies a theoretical framework for the analysis of three films and informs the investigation of the wider cultural and historical contexts of the return. Two of the films bring their protagonists to Germany to face the descendants of the perpetrators. The encounter with Germany and German characters initiates an emotional process that may result in a working through of the trauma. The third film reflects on the notion of return as a therapeutic trope but leaves it as an unfulfilled option. These films thus serve as case studies to examine broader theoretical issues that relate to processes of return and possibilities of collective recovery
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Construct (python library) · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · German · Holocaust survivors · Literature · Movie theater · Phenomenon · Political science · Social science · Sociology · The Holocaust · Trope (literature) · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · German History and Society · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |