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Author Paul, Drew, author.

Title Israel/Palestine : border representations in literature and film / Drew Paul.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : excess, illusion and the border -- Return to the border : commitment, utopia and the inescapable green line -- Sayed Kashua, the Palestinian Hebrew novel and the failure of coexistence -- Border crossings and stray narratives of return -- Does the camera lie? Or, how to document the wall -- The illusion of the one-way mirror : filming the checkpoint in Divine intervention -- Conclusion : physical and fictional borders.
Summary Since the early 1990s, Israel has greatly expanded a system of checkpoints, walls and other barriers in the West Bank and Gaza that restrict Palestinian movement. 'Israel/Palestine' examines how authors and filmmakers have grappled with the spread of these borders.
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Subject Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949-
Israel-Arab Border Conflicts (1949-)
Boundaries in literature.
Boundaries in literature.
Boundaries in motion pictures.
Boundaries in motion pictures.
Chronological Term Since 1949
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Paul, Drew. Israel/Palestine. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020] 9781474456128 (OCoLC)1129678229
ISBN 9781474456142 (electronic book)
1474456146 (electronic book)
9781474456128
147445612X