{"product_id":"hidden-light-dan-chyutin-9780814350683","title":"Hidden Light: Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eContemporary Israeli cinema's engagement with Judaism as cultural identity and mystical tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past several decades, the prevailing attitude toward Judaism in Israeli society has undergone a meaningful shift; where the national ethos had once deemed Judaic traditions a vestige of an arcane past incompatible with the culture of a modern state, there is now greater acceptance of these traditions by a sizeable part of Israeli society. Author Dan Chyutin reveals this trend through a parallel shift toward acceptance and celebration of Judaic identity and lifestyle in modern Israeli cinema. \u003ci\u003eHidden Light\u003c\/i\u003e explores the Judaic turn in contemporary Israeli filmmaking for what it can tell us about Israel's cultural landscape, as well as about the cinematic medium in general. Chyutin points to the ambivalence of films which incorporate Judaism into Israel's secular ethos; concurrently, he foregrounds the films' attempt to overcome this ambivalence through reference to and activation of experiences of transcendence and unity, made popular by New Age-inflected understandings of Jewish mystical thought. By virtue of this exploration, Judaic-themed Israeli cinema emerges as a crucial example of how film's particular form of \"magic\" may be exploited for the purpose of affecting mystical states in the audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Chyutin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814350682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814350683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Dan Chyutin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44449940275455,"sku":"9780814350683","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0765e57-1700-48b3-9e71-1a4b26833c1f.jpg?v=1698501864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hidden-light-dan-chyutin-9780814350683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}