Abstract
The article studies the construction of Zionist space in Kluger’s institutional photographs in an attempt to understand the ideological desire for space in Zionist imagistic propaganda. The analysis employs Lacanian ‘stains’ as well as strategies of art interpretation to suggest that behind the image of Sisyphean work of men toiling the land stands the Zionist ‘law’ (in contrast to the female jouissance) which comes to signify the Jewish return to history after the fall from divine grace. This paper demonstrates by what means Kluger’s photographs echoed and propagated the Zionist unconscious based on western and Christian desire for eternity and redemption of the land, even if it meant sacrificing the sons in exchange for eternal life and the return to grace.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 53-66 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Visual Studies |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Jan 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts
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