The Palestinian Idea: Film, Media, and the Radical Imagination (Insubordinate Spaces)

Is there a link between the colonization of Palestinian lands and the enclosing of Palestinian minds? __The Palestinian Idea__ argues that it is precisely through film and media that hope can occasionally emerge amidst hopelessness, emancipation amidst oppression, freedom amidst apartheid. Greg Burris employs the work of Edward W. Said, Jacques Rancière, and Cedric J. Robinson in order to locate Palestinian utopia in the heart of the Zionist present. He analyzes the films of prominent directors Annemarie Jacir (__Salt of This Sea, When I Saw You__) and Hany Abu-Assad (__Paradise Now__) to investigate the emergence and formation of Palestinian identity. Looking at Mais Darwazah’s documentary __My Love Awaits Me By the Sea,__ Burris considers the counterhistories that make up the Palestinian experience—stories and memories that have otherwise been obscured or denied. He also examines Palestinian (in)visibility in the global media landscape, and how issues of Black-Palestinian transnational solidarity are illustrated through social media, staged news spectacles, and hip hop music. Explores The Past, Present, And Future Of Palestinian Identity And Culture Through Film And Other Media Objects, Drawing Connections To Black Radical Thought And European Cultural Theory.--provided By Publisher. The Palestinian Idea -- Plastic Palestine: Part One -- Plastic Palestine: Part Two -- Hollow Time -- Equality Under Surveillance -- Palestine In Black And White. Greg Burris. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Palestinian Idea 2. Plastic Palestine: Part One 3. Plastic Palestine: Part Two 4. Hollow Time 5. Equality under Surveillance 6. Palestine in Black and White Notes Filmography Bibliography Index