Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Middle East Journal
Angaben zur Quelle:
77,2 (2023) 161-180
Keywords:
Yehezkeli, Zvi,
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Fauda (Television program)
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Jewish-Arab relations
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Arab-Israeli conflict Television and the conflict
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Popular culture
Abstract:
Mista‘arvim — Jewish-Israeli soldiers who masquerade as Arabs — and Hista‘arvut (the act thereof) hold a special place in Jewish-Israeli culture. By analyzing popular television programs — a thriller titled Fauda (Arabic for “chaos”) and documentaries by journalist Zvi Yehezkeli — we argue that “cultural Hista‘arvut” is a powerful reflection of Zionist perceptions of Palestinian and Arab Others. Cultural Hista‘arvut helps frame the paradox of a Jewish-Israeli society that is located inside the Middle East but maintains distance as a superior outsider that is not of the region. In this sense, the act of impersonation emphasizes the hierarchy of Jews over Arabs and cements the alleged dichotomies between them.
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