{"product_id":"reimagining-the-promised-land-rodney-wallis-9781501373855","title":"Reimagining the Promised Land: Israel and America in Post-war Hollywood Cinema","description":"While Israel has seemingly been a minor presence in Hollywood cinema, \u003ci\u003eReimagining the Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e argues that there is a long history of Hollywood deploying images of Israel as a means of articulating an idealized notion of American national identity. This argument is developed through readings of \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956), \u003ci\u003eBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ\u003c\/i\u003e (William Wyler, 1959), \u003ci\u003eExodus\u003c\/i\u003e(Otto Preminger, 1960), \u003ci\u003eCast a Giant Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e (Melville Shavelson, 1966), Black Sunday (John Frankenheimer, 1977), \u003ci\u003eThe Delta Force\u003c\/i\u003e (Menahem Golan, 1986), and \u003ci\u003eMunich\u003c\/i\u003e (Steven Spielberg, 2005). The mobilization of Israel that pervades this eclectic group of films effectively demonstrates one of the more surreptitious ways in which Hollywood has historically constructed and circulated dominant notions of American national identity. Moreover, in examining the most notable Hollywood representations of the Jewish state, the book offers an informed historical overview of the cultural forces that have contributed to popular understandings within the United States of the state of Israel, Israel's Arab neighbours, and also the Arab-Israeli conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodney Wallis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501373854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501373855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Rodney Wallis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052658782463,"sku":"9781501373855","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26f36933-d836-43a3-a8c8-10f426824ad9.jpg?v=1685020073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reimagining-the-promised-land-rodney-wallis-9781501373855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}