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From Paratroopers

Studies in Law, Politics and Society

ISBN: 978-1-84950-696-0, eISBN: 978-1-84950-697-7

Publication date: 9 December 2009

Abstract

The chapter contends that although Israeli reality is replete with legal issues, very few films deal directly with the law or with a legal process as a central theme. Contemporary Israeli films are not very different from the early Israeli films in their embracement of a national heroic narrative, which typically leaves very little space for legal issues. The chapter demonstrates the absence of law from Israeli cinema by looking closely at war films, which are probably the most popular and influential Israeli films. War films reflect and in the same time participate in the construction of the Israeli collective consciousness, wherein the army experience is central. Tracing the way in which law is presented (or lacks representation) in them may shed light from a new angle on the role of law in shaping social and political norms in Israel.

Citation

Almog, S. (2009), "From Paratroopers", Sarat, A. (Ed.) Studies in Law, Politics and Society (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 50), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 19-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2009)0000050005

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