In this book Ari Ofengenden examines the ways that Israel's integration into global economy
has affected its main stream culture. Ofengenden uses works of Israeli film, literature, and
television, from the past 30 years to conceptualize the changes in Israel's culture. He
analyzes the central phenomena associated with Israel's integration into the global economy
including: the demise of realism and the rise of commercial culture, the production of film,
television, and novels for western audiences, and the critiques of capitalism in media …

In this new book, Ari Ofengenden studies the impact of these changes in Israel by focusing
on Israeli culture since the 1970s. As Ofengenden argues, this culture compensates for the
privations associated with globalization and liberal internationalism by redrawing rigid lines
between Jewish and non-Jewish people in Israel. Chapter 3 provides a succinct account of
the changes Israel went through from the 1970s, in particular, how Israeli culture has
become increasingly distanced from the European model of the secular social democratic …