Shelleg Assaf (Assistant Professor Of Musicology Assistant Professor Of Musicology Hebrew University Of Jerusalem) - Theological Stains Art Music And The Zionist Project - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Theological Stains offers the first in - depth study of the development of art music in Israel from the mid - twentieth century to the turn of the twenty - first. In a bold and deeply researched account author Assaf Shelleg explores the theological grammar of Zionism and its impact on the art music written by emigrant and native composers. He argues that Israeli art music caught in the tension between a bibliocentric territorial nationalism on the one hand and the histories of deterritorialized Jewish diasporic cultures on the other often features elements of both of these competing narratives. Even as composers critically engaged with the Zionist paradigm they often reproduced its tropes and symbols thereby creating aesthetic hybrids with 'theological stains. Drawing on newly uncovered archives of composers autobiographical writings and musical sketches Shelleg closely examines the aesthetic strategies that different artists used to grapple with established nationalist representations. As he puts the history of Israeli art music in conversation with modern Hebrew literature he weaves a rich tapestry of Israeli culture and the ways in which it engaged with key social and political developments throughout the second half of the twentieth century. In analyzing Israeli music and literature against the backdrop of conflicts over territory nation and ethnicity Theological Stains provides a revelatory look at the complex relationship between art and politics in Israel.
Title: Theological Stains Art Music And The Zionist Project
Author(s): Shelleg Assaf (Assistant Professor Of Musicology Assistant Professor Of Musicology Hebrew University Of Jerusalem)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780197504642
Pages: 480 Pages, 133
Publication Date: 12/4/2020
Category: Middle Eastern History