Reel gender : Palestinian and Israeli cinema / edited by Sa'ed Atshan and Katharina Galor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Film and the Gender LensKatharina Galor (Brown University, USA) and Sa’ed Atshan (Emory University, USA) Part I: Feminist Perspectives1. The Religious Feminism of Rama Burshtein’s RomancesKaren E. H. Skinazi (University of Bristol, UK)2. Silence…No More…: Palestinian Cinema of TransgressionLema M. Salem (Independent Scholar, Germany)3. Families on the Edge: Interstitial Relations in Recent Palestinian Women’s CinemaAnna Ball (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Part II: Approaching Masculinities 4. Disappearances and Remains: Masculinity in the Cinema of Elia SuleimanKamran Rastegar (Tufts University, USA)5. “Queer As Can Be”: On Masculinity in Jumana Manna’s Blessed, Blessed OblivionGil Hochberg (Columbia University, USA) Part III: Israeli-Palestinian Intersections6. Our African Palestine: Intersectional Specters in the House of ZionGreg Burris (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)7. Write Down, I Am a WomanShai Ginsburg (Duke University, USA)8. Identity (Ex)Changes, Gender, and Family Ties: Cinematic Representations of Israeli Jews and PalestiniansYael Zerubavel (Rutgers University, USA)FilmographyFigures Index

"Both the Palestinian and Israeli film categories-despite obvious overlaps and relatedness and while keeping in mind the inherent asymmetry of power dynamics-are at the forefront of engaging gender and sexuality"-- Provided by publisher.