{"product_id":"decolonial-imaginaries-in-palestinian-experimental-film-and-video-postnational-and-feminist-aesthetics-9781032755397","title":"Decolonial Imaginaries in Palestinian Experimental Film and Video: Postnational and Feminist Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eDecolonial Imaginaries in Palestinian Experimental Film and Video explores the works of female Palestinian filmmakers, highlighting their relevance to decolonial aesthetics, post-nationalism, gender, non-Western ecologies, trauma, memory, diasporic experiences, biopolitics, feminist historiography, and decolonial temporalities. It argues that these filmmakers challenge dominant media images of Palestinians, de-essentialize Palestinian identity, and offer hope, imagination, and wisdom for rebuilding. The book resonates with readers in film and media studies, Palestinian cultural studies, historiography, Middle East studies, and experimental film. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 118 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 24 April 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecolonial Imaginaries in Palestinian Experimental Film and Video delves into the compelling narratives of a previously overlooked cohort of female Palestinian filmmakers, shedding light on their profound significance in exploring a wide range of critical concerns related to decolonial aesthetics, post-nationalism, gender, non-Western ecologies, trauma and memory, diasporic experiences of space, biopolitics, feminist historiography, and decolonial temporalities. By challenging prevailing media representations of Palestinians, these filmmaker-artists deconstruct the notion of Palestinian identity, offering a fresh perspective on history and the present. Through their works, they evoke hope, envision impossible possibilities, and impart valuable insights and wisdom in navigating the complexities of loss and rebuilding. This book, which addresses a fundamentally transnational and understudied domain, resonates with scholars and enthusiasts engaged in the fields of film and media studies, Palestinian cultural studies, historiography, Middle East studies, and experimental film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecolonial Imaginaries in Palestinian Experimental Film and Video\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocuses on an underexamined group of female Palestinian filmmakers, highlighting their relevance for thinking through a diverse set of issues relating to decolonial aesthetics; post-nationalism and gender; non-Western ecologies; trauma and memory; diasporic experiences of space; biopolitics; feminist historiography; and decolonial temporalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePositing that these filmmaker-artists radically counter dominant media images of Palestinians, de-essentializing Palestinian identity, while opening up history and the present to new potentialities and ways of imagining Palestinian futures, Decolonial Imaginaries in Palestinian Experimental Film and Video  argues that Palestinian experience is urgently relevant to all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the works address issues of food availability and land use, environmental collapse and forced displacement, Hole explores how such films generate hope, imagine impossible possibilities, and offer inspiration and wisdom when it comes to losing and rebuilding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing a fundamentally transnational and understudied area, this book will resonate with readers working in the areas of film and media studies, Palestinian cultural studies, historiography, Middle East studies, and experimental film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 284g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 143 x 223 x 15 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781032755397\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kristin LeneHole","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":45866676191482,"sku":"9781032755397","price":49.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1714168242004_book.jpg?v=1715111791","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/decolonial-imaginaries-in-palestinian-experimental-film-and-video-postnational-and-feminist-aesthetics-9781032755397","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}