Framing the Sex Scene: A New Take on Israeli Film History

by Naomi Rolef

Book Overview

This book retells the history of Israeli film in the 1960s and 1970s in sex scenes. Through close readings of the first sex scenes in mainstream Israeli movies from this period, it explores the cultural and social contexts in which these movies were made. More specifically, it discusses how notions of collective identity, individual agency, and the public and private spheres are inscribed into and negotiated in sex scenes, especially in light of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111104095
• ISBN13: 9783111104096
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"