Reimagining the Promised Land: Israel and America in Post-War Hollywood Cinema

by Rodney Wallis

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While Israel has seemingly been a minor presence in Hollywood cinema, Reimagining the Promised Land 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 The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (William Wyler, 1959), Exodus (Otto Preminger,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1501373854

ISBN13:9781501373855

Release Date:March 2022

Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic

Length:242 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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