Bøker av Ella Shohat

The Selected Works of Ella Shohat, renowned writer on the Middle-East and critic of Zionism

Constitutes a major contribution to our understanding of the diasporic and transnational movement of ideas

Explores the cinema as a productive site of national culture, dating back to the early Zionist films about turn-of-the-century Palestine. The author offers a deconstructionist reading of Zionism, viewing the cinema as itself participating in the 'invention' of the nation.

Demonstrates that gender, cultural difference, and colonial history are intimately bound together and often can only be understood in relation to one another. The author analyzes how diverse representational practices - be they visual, textual, or even scientific - relate to the construction of gender, race, sexuality, and national identity.