Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I ISRAELI FILM IN A POST-CINEMATIC AGE
5. 1. Toward a “Mystical Society” 13
6. 2. Avi Nesher’s Present-Past Trilogy 36
7. 3. Palestinian Ghosts on Israeli Screens 54
8. 4. Track Changes 74
9. 5. A Look at Ageing 96
10. PART II THE GLOBAL CONTEXT OF ISRAELI NATIONAL TELEVISION
11. 6. Set within a Set 123
12. 7. Inevitable Lies and Impossible Truths 138
13. 8. Valley of Tears (2020) and the Aesthetics of Populism 165
14. 9. The New Black 187
15. PART III THE CREATIVE IMPERATIVES OF ONLINE MEDIA IN ISRAEL AND BEYOND
16. 10. Uploading Memory 217
17. 11. Don’t Grow Up, It’s a Trap 242
18. 12. Genre Fluidity 270
19. 13. Welcome to the Middle East 288
20. Contributors 313
21. Index 317