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Author Urian, Dan

Title The Arab in Israeli drama and theatre / by Dan Urian ; translated by Naomi Paz
Published Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (162 pages) : portraits
Series Contemporary theatre studies ; volume 26
Contemporary theatre studies ; v. 26.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. History; 1. The Genesis of 'The Arab Question', 1911-1948; The Arab as the 'Other'; From imitation to rejection; The beginnings of a Hebrew theatre; Fascination, aversion and fear; A stuttered conversation and a violent society; Genesis of the Arab image in Israeli theatre; 2. The Emergence of the Arab Image in Israeli Theatre, 1948-1982; 'A Vanishing Question', 1948-1967; Beginnings, 1967-1973; Stereotype and Anti-stereotype, 1973-1982
3. Proximity and Fear, 1982-1994Political prediction in the theatre; Proximity and fear; The Palestinian side: from theatre to propaganda; The settlers: from 'building' to theatre; Mediation: Israeli Arabs; Four 'Voices'; II. Aspect; Introductory Note; 4. The 'Love Story' as a Metaphor; The 'deserving' Arab; Love on the fringes; Metaphor and reality; 5. 'Hawajah Bialik': the Double Culture of the Israeli Arab; 'Jews who were forced to convert'; 'Mahmoud asks himself ""to where?""'; 'Andeach of them returns to his own place'; 'Hath not an Arab eyes?'; 'We are a Cultured People'
6. From Competition to ExploitationSamatocha; 'They crap and I clean up'; From competition to exploitation; 7. The Land Dispute; The land dispute; The Arab viewpoint; From Repression to Conflict; Land; Home; Refugees; The immigrants' fear; 8. The Holocaust and 'The Arab Question'; The Holocaust and 'The Arab Question' in Israeli discourse; Legitimizing the analogy; Arbeit Macht Frei: the Text; A Theatrical Journey; Deceptions/Misconceptions; Arabs and the Holocaust; ' and there is no escape'; 9. Conclusion; Changes in reality and changes in presentation; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary What is Israeli theatre? Is it only a Hebrew theatre staged in Israel? Are performances by Arab Israelis working in an Arabic theatre framework not part of the repertoire of Israeli theatre? Do they perhaps belong to the Palestinian theatre? What are the ""borders"" of Palestinian theatre? Are not theatrical works created in East Jerusalem by Arab Israeli playwrights and actors, and staged on occasion before Jewish Israeli audiences, part of a dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli cultures? Does ""theatre"" only include works staged under that title? These and other similarly absorbing ques
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 153) and index
Notes Translation of: Demut ha-ʻArvi ba-teʼaṭron ha-Yiśreʼeli
תרגום של: דמות הערבי בתיאטרון הישראלי
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Subject Israeli drama -- History and criticism
Arabs in literature.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Literature and the conflict.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Literature and the conflict
Arabs in literature
Israeli drama
Drama
Toneel.
Arabieren.
Hebreeuws.
Israel
Araber <Motiv>
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Paz, Naomi
ISBN 9781134403783
113440378X
1299867251
9781299867253
Other Titles Demut ha-ʻArvi ba-teʼatron ha-Yiśreʼeli. English