{"product_id":"drama-and-ideology-in-modern-israel-paperback-9780521025751","title":"Drama and Ideology in Modern Israel (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521025751","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDrama and Ideology in Modern Israel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn examination of political drama in modern Israel in relation to ongoing political and religious debates.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGlenda Abramson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521025751, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 April 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 13 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.4 x 1.4 cm, 0.384 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Glenda Abramson's fascinating book traces Israel's history through its theatre … [it] is an important and well-written book, a 50-year-long history of a country as seen through the eyes of its playwrights and audiences. You hardly need anything else.' Jewish Chronicle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA large number of political plays have been written in Israel over the past fifty years, and they are  perceived, by audiences and critics alike, as major interventions in the country's ongoing political debates; the result is that Israeli drama is at the centre of many public controversies. In this first full-length study of Israeli political drama Glenda Abramson shows that during the early years of the State of Israel most of its intellectuals were identified with the 'official' state interpretation of Zionism. After the Six-Day War in 1967 an influential group of playwrights, concerned with the evolution of Zionist ideology in the modern nation state, began to question the ethical basis of Zionism. Hanokh Levin, Yehoshua Sobol, Yosef Mundi, Miriam Kainy, Amos Kenan and others have gone on to examine Zionism as it affects contemporary Israeli society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The 'Enterprise' and its reinforcement in the drama of the 1950s\u003cbr\u003e 2. Zionism on the stage: years of protest\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'The Israeli-Palestinian War'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Zionism on the stage: Sobol's case\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hero's end\u003cbr\u003e 6. The issue of religion\u003cbr\u003e 7. The political uses of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Holocaust as political analogy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Metaphor and mythology\u003cbr\u003e 10. The vision of Hanokh Levin\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006176317720,"sku":"9780521025751","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521025751i_148e6b7e-1100-4abb-93ec-346f6316899b.jpg?v=1694964658","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/drama-and-ideology-in-modern-israel-paperback-9780521025751","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}