New Israeli horror local cinema, global genre / Olga Gershenson.

Author/creator Gershenson, Olga, 1969-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2024]
Descriptionx, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Contents The Precursors -- The First Hebrew Horror : Rabies -- Korean Revenge Thriller in Israeli Countryside : Big Bad Wolves -- Horror in the IDF -- The Jewish Supernatural : JeruZalem -- Slasher on the Kibbutz : Children of the Fall -- Escaping Israel : Another World, Madam Yankelova's Fine Literature Club, and The Golem -- Coda. Is there I-Horror?
Abstract "Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. Then distinctly Israeli serial killers, zombies, vampires, and ghosts invaded local screens. The next decade saw a blossoming of the genre by young Israeli filmmakers. New Israeli Horror is the first book to tell their story. Through in-depth analysis, engaging storytelling, and interviews with the filmmakers, Olga Gershenson explores their films from inception to reception. She shows how these films challenge traditional representations of Israel and its people, while also appealing to audiences around the world. Gershenson introduces an innovative conceptual framework of adaptation, which explains how filmmakers adapt global genre tropes to local reality. It illuminates the ways in which Israeli horror borrows and diverges from its international models. New Israeli Horror offers an exciting and original contribution to our understanding of both Israeli cinema and the horror genre"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-211) and index.
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LCCN 2023011915
ISBN9781978837850 (hardback)
ISBN9781978837843 (paperback)
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