American Jewish Films
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The Jew In American Cinema
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Author : Patricia Erens
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1988-08-22
The Jew In American Cinema written by Patricia Erens and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-08-22 with Performing Arts categories.
Examples range from film's early days to the present, from Europe, Israel, and the United States.
The American Jewish Story Through Cinema
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Author : Eric A. Goldman
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-04-15
The American Jewish Story Through Cinema written by Eric A. Goldman and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with Performing Arts categories.
Like the haggadah, the traditional “telling” of the story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt that is read at the Passover seder, cinema offers a valuable text from which to gain an understanding of the social, political, and cultural realities of Jews in America. In an industry strongly influenced by Jewish filmmakers who made and continue to make the decisions as to which films are produced, the complex and evolving nature of the American Jewish condition has had considerable impact on American cinema and, in particular, on how Jews are reflected on the screen. This groundbreaking study analyzes select mainstream films from the beginning of the sound era to today to provide an understanding of the American Jewish experience over the last century. In the first half of the twentieth century, Hollywood’s movie moguls, most of whom were Jewish, shied away from asserting a Jewish image on the screen for fear that they might be too closely identified with that representation. Over the next two decades, Jewish moviemakers became more comfortable with the concept of a Jewish hero and with an overpowered, yet heroic, Israel. In time, the Holocaust assumed center stage as the single event with the greatest effect on American Jewish identity. Recently, as American Jewish screenwriters, directors, and producers have become increasingly comfortable with their heritage, we are seeing an unprecedented number of movies that spotlight Jewish protagonists, experiences, and challenges.
American Jewish Films
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Author : Lawrence J. Epstein
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-04-06
American Jewish Films written by Lawrence J. Epstein and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-06 with Social Science categories.
This is a thematic survey of American films with significant Jewish content that made an important statement about America. Both familiar and lesser known films are included. An introduction discusses why American Jews were attracted to films as audiences, performers and business people, and evaluates how films help audiences think about their lives. The book then focuses on themes and representative and important films, placing them in their cultural contexts. One of the aspects of American Jewish life brought out by the films in general is the tensions between an American and a Jewish identity and between a Jewish identity and a broader human identity. Other themes are assimilation and acculturation, interfaith relations, Israel, marriage and family relations, the role of women, Jews and American politics, and anti-Semitism including the Holocaust.
American Jewish Filmmakers
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Author : David Desser
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2004
American Jewish Filmmakers written by David Desser and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Performing Arts categories.
In this updated second edition, David Desser and Lester D. Friedman demonstrate how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in the films of these and other significant Jewish directors.
New Jews
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Author : David L. Reznik
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-12-03
New Jews written by David L. Reznik and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-03 with Social Science categories.
"New Jews'?" is the first comprehensive study of American Jewish identity in Hollywood movies of the new millennium. Despite the argument that we live in a "post-racial" society with supposedly "new" Jewish characters emerging on the big screen, this book details how traditional racial stereotypes of American Jews persist in popular films from the first decade of this century. In clear and readable prose, the book offers an innovative and penetrating look at dozens of American Jewish "meddling matriarchs," "neurotic nebbishes," "pampered princesses," and "scheming scumbags" from 21st century film, whether Hollywood blockbusters like Meet the Fockers and Sex and the City or indie favorites like Garden State and Kissing Jessica Stein. Throughout the book, famous American Jewish characters played by the likes of Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Scarlett Johansson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Adam Sandler, and Ben Stiller are discussed, with the ultimate conclusion that movies today are marked less by the emergence of "new Jews" than by the continued - but dynamic and transformed -- presence of the same old stereotypes.
The Jewish Image In American Film
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Author : Lester D. Friedman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Jewish Image In American Film written by Lester D. Friedman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Performing Arts categories.
Movie Made Jews
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Author : Helene Meyers
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-17
Movie Made Jews written by Helene Meyers and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-17 with Social Science categories.
Movie-Made Jews focuses on a rich, usable American Jewish cinematic tradition. This tradition includes fiction and documentary films that make Jews through antisemitism, Holocaust indirection, and discontent with assimilation. It prominently features the unapologetic assertion of Jewishness, queerness, and alliances across race and religion. Author Helene Meyers shows that as we go to our local theater, attend a Jewish film festival, play a DVD, watch streaming videos, Jewishness becomes part of the multicultural mosaic rather than collapsing into a generic whiteness or being represented as a life apart. This engagingly-written book demonstrates that a Jewish movie is neither just a movie nor for Jews only. With incisive analysis, Movie-Made Jews challenges the assumption that American Jewish cinema is a cinema of impoverishment and assimilation. While it’s a truism that Jews make movies, this book brings into focus the diverse ways movies make Jews.
Hollywood S Image Of The Jew
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Author : Lester D. Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Frederick Ungar
Release Date : 1982
Hollywood S Image Of The Jew written by Lester D. Friedman and has been published by Frederick Ungar this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Performing Arts categories.
The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies
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Author : Kathryn Bernheimer
language : en
Publisher: Citadel Press
Release Date : 1998
The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies written by Kathryn Bernheimer and has been published by Citadel Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Jews in motion pictures categories.
The first book to review and rank movies depicting the Jewish experience, "The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies" provides an insightful analysis of the ways in which Hollywood and the film community have handled such issues as anti-Semitism, assimilation, relations with gentiles, the Holocaust and its aftereffects, Zionism, and the Jewish commitment to social justice. Photos.
Movie Made Jews
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Author : Helene Meyers
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-17
Movie Made Jews written by Helene Meyers and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-17 with Performing Arts categories.
Movie-Made Jews focuses on American Jewish cinematic tradition. This tradition includes fiction and documentary films that make Jews through antisemitism, Holocaust indirection, and discontent with assimilation, and through unapologetic assertion of Jewishness, queerness, and alliances across race and religion. While it's a truism that Jews make movies, this book demonstrates how movies make Jews.