Playing Soldiers: Posing Militarism in the Domestic Sphere

Pasternak, Gil (2009) Playing Soldiers: Posing Militarism in the Domestic Sphere. In: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, 9 December 2009, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London.

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Abstract

Focusing on family photo-portraits of Israeli soldiers, this lecture offered an insight into the politics of family photography in the context of political tension and militarism (the ongoing Arab-Israel conflict).

Expounding how family photographs of Israeli soldiers assist in perpetuating and solidifying Israeli social norms, positions, standards and positive attitudes towards the Israeli army, I also explored how in the context of the Israeli State's ideolgy, the very nature of the genre of portraiture, and particularly of posing for a photographic portrait, appears to subvert the coherency of such photographs' alleged message.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Public Lecture)
Additional Information:	In 2011 I published a revised version of this lecture, see: Pasternak, Gil (2011) Playing Soldiers: Posing Militarism in the Domestic Sphere. In: Visual Conflicts: On the Formation of Political Memory in the History of Art and Visual Cultures. Paul Fox and Gil Pasternak. eds. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle Upon Tyne, pp. 139-168. ISBN 9781443831727 http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/8518/
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) T Technology > TR Photography
Schools:	School of Art, Design and Architecture
Related URLs:	Author Organisation
Depositing User:	Gil Pasternak
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2012 13:26
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2012 13:26
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/12537

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