World Reduction in Contemporary Israeli Film and TV

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ID6014863
AuthorsOded Nir (0000-0003-2061-9188, corresponding author), Nir (corresponding author), Nir Nir (corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume9
Issue1
Pages51-51
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJewish Film & New Media An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2169-0324 • E-ISSN: 2169-0332
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/48679280
OpenAlexW4404349069
LanguageEN
Citations received1

I argue that many contemporary Israeli films and TV shows imagine an operation of "world reduction"—an entry into social spaces that entails neutralizing social forces. The article gives three examples for this operation: in the TV show Fauda and in the films In Between and The Band's Visit. I argue that the resulting juxtaposition of different social spaces in each film or TV show is an allegory of the coexistence of different social forms under Israeli capitalism: welfare state, neoliberalism, and absolute precarity. For example, I argue that traditional Arab-Israeli social spaces stand for the welfare state in In Between, while Tel Aviv allegorizes neoliberal social form. The article argues that these three forms coexist in Israel, as a result of the uneven neoliberalization of Israel/Palestine. By indirectly imagining these spaces, the films and TV shows try to unconsciously imagine the overcoming of their antagonisms and this of capitalism itself

Aesthetics · Allegory · Art · Art history · Capitalism · Geometry · Media studies · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Precarity · Reduction (mathematics · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Mathematics · Middle East Politics and Society · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Turkey's Politics and Society

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