Contemporary Israeli Culture & Identity

This subject is not offered in 2015.

170 hours

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This subject presents a variety of aspects relating to contemporary Israeli culture and the various conflicts within Israeli life. The subject, through the medium of literature and film, will present students with a wide spectrum of topics that examine Israel in social and cultural terms. The objective is that this approach will help students understand this small but complex country beyond the familiar categories of the political and the military, and will allow them to gain a better comprehension of Israel and its various divisions, cultural trends and transformations. Topics to be explored include the individual, Israel's national narrative, secular/religious issues, gender, ethnic relations, the kibbutz, the army, Israeli-Arab relations, immigrants and the Holocaust.

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

• understand the ideologies, events and current debates that relate to contemporary Israeli culture and society;
• be able to demonstrate general knowledge of the seminal pillars of modern Israeli life and its central aspects as relating to the State of Israel and Jewish communities abroad;
• be familiar with recent Israeli literature and cinema that reflect religious, ethnic and sociological issues as well as the issue of women's

One essay of 2000 words 50% (due mid-semester) and one essay of 2000 words 50% ( due end of semester).

Hurdle requirement: students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day; after five working days, no late assessment will be marked. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Subject reading will be available online

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.