Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle: Towards a Critical Analytic of Palestine Solidarity Film (Global Cinema)

This book offers a much-needed focus on Palestine solidarityfilms, supplying a critical theoretical framework whose intellectual thrust is rooted in the challenges facing scholars censored for attempting to rectify and reverse the silencing of a subject matter about which much of the world would remain uninformed without cinematic and televisual mediation. Its innovative focus on Palestine __solidarity__ films spans a selected array of works which began to emerge during the 1970s, made by directors located outside Palestine/Israel who professed support for Palestinian liberation. __Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle__ analyzes Palestine solidarity films hailing from countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Iran, Palestine/Israel, Mexico, and the United States. __Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle__ is an effort to insist, constructively, upon a rectification and reversal of the glaring and disproportionate minimization and distortion of discourse critical of Zionism and Israeli policy in the cinematic and televisual public sphere. This Book Offers A Much-needed Focus On Palestine Solidarity Films, Supplying A Critical Theoretical Framework Whose Intellectual Thrust Is Rooted In The Challenges Facing Scholars Censored For Attempting To Rectify And Reverse The Silencing Of A Subject Matter About Which Much Of The World Would Remain Uninformed Without Cinematic And Televisual Mediation. Its Innovative Focus On Palestine Solidarity Films Spans A Selected Array Of Works Which Began To Emerge During The 1970s, Made By Directors Located Outside Palestine/israel Who Professed Support For Palestinian Liberation. Visualizing The Palestinian Struggle Analyzes Palestine Solidarity Films Hailing From Countries Such As Canada, The United Kingdom, Egypt, Iran, Palestine/israel, Mexico, And The United States. Visualizing The Palestinian Struggle Is An Effort To Insist, Constructively, Upon A Rectification And Reversal Of The Glaring And Disporportionate Minimization And Distortion Of Discourse Critical Of Zionism And Israeli Policy In The Cinematic And Televisual Public Sphere. --back Cover. Terri Ginsberg. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 131-148), Filmography (pages 127-130) And Index. "This book offers a much-needed focus on Palestine solidarity films, supplying a critical theoretical framework whose intellectual thrust is rooted in the challenges facing scholars censored for attempting to rectify and reverse the silencing of a subject matter about which much of the world would remain uninformed without cinematic and televisual mediation. Its innovative focus on Palestine solidarity films spans a selected array of works which began to emerge during the 1970s, made by directors located outside Palestine/Israel who professed support for Palestinian liberation. Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle analyzes Palestinian solidarity films hailing from countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Iran, Palestine/Israel, Mexico, and the United States. Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle is an effort to insist, constructively, upon a rectification and reversal of the glaring and disproportionate minimization and distortion of discourse critical of Zionism and Israeli policy in the cinematic and televisual public sphere."--Font no determinada This book offers a much-needed focus on Palestine solidarity films, supplying a critical theoretical framework whose intellectual thrust is rooted in the challenges facing scholars censored for attempting to rectify and reverse the silencing of a subject matter about which much of the world would remain uninformed without cinematic and televisual mediation. Its innovative focus on Palestine solidarity films spans a selected array of works which began to emerge during the 1970s, made by directors located outside Palestine/Israel who professed support for Palestinian liberation. Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle analyzes Palestine solidarity films hailing from countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Iran, Palestine/Israel, Mexico, and the United States. Visualizing the Palestinian Struggle is an effort to insist, constructively, upon a rectification and reversal of the glaring and disproportionate minimization and distortion of discourse critical of Zionism and Israeli policy in the cinematic and televisual public sphere. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction: Modalities of Solidarity....Pages 1-4 Chapter 1 After Al-Aqsa....Pages 5-32 Front Matter....Pages 33-36 Chapter 2 Revisiting Prior Commitments....Pages 37-78 Front Matter....Pages 79-84 Chapter 4 Distant Neighbors....Pages 85-120 Conclusion: A Time for Change....Pages 121-126 Back Matter....Pages 127-157