List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Half a Century of Israeli Identities Through Television
Before Television
Television Aleph (A), or the Period of Single-Channel Consensus
Television Beit (B), or the Period of Channel 2's Dominance
Television Gimel (C) or Israeli Post-Television

2. Bringing Back the Nation: BeTipul's Male Warrior
Trauma, Zionism, and masculinity
Dan Halutz and the trauma of the victimizer
Menachem Yerushalmi and the working through of trauma
Uri Kahana and the trauma of heterosexual masculinity

3. It's Not TV, It's BeTipul: Rethinking 'Israeliness'
BeTipul: Text and context
'BeTipul is symbolic of Israeli society'
'BeTipul is a controversial series'
'BeTipul is not regular television'
'BeTipul is produced by talented creators'
'BeTipul is psychologically profound'
Conclusion, or The Text Also Speaks

4. Bad Television/Good (Post) Television: Aging and Masculinity in Nevelot [Eagles]
Old Age and the Bad Object
Television as Bad Object
Nevelot as Good Object

5. Small-Screen Trauma: Seriality and Post-Trauma in Parashat HaShavua and Waltz With Bashir
Shaul the Dreamer
Between Parashat HaShavua and Waltz With Bashir
Second Season, Tenth Episode, Last Scene

6. 'Black Box': Memory, Television, and Ethnicity in Zaguri Imperia
Twenty Years On: Sh'chur and Zaguri
From 'Dancers Dancing in the Snow' to 'Habibi Diali'
'All But the White Foam': Television and Memory
Conclusion, or 'What's the Moral of the Story?'

7. The New Normative: Gay Fatherhood on Israeli Television
From Criminals and 'Sick People' to Gay Fathers
Normative Gay Parenting on Israeli Broadcast Television
Ima VeAbbaz (Mom and Dads)

8. Conclusion and Some Observations on Israeli Reality TV

References
Television
Film

Television Drama in Israel

Identities in Post-TV Culture