From Shtetl to Stardom : Jews and Hollywood /
The influence of Jews in American entertainment from the early days of Hollywood to the present has proved an endlessly fascinating and controversial topic, for Jews and non-Jews alike. From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood takes an exciting and innovative approach to this rich and complex mate...
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| Format: | Elektroniczne E-book |
| Język: | angielski |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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| Seria: | Jewish role in American life ;
v. 14. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Spis treści:
- Foreword
- Editorial introduction / Michael Renov and Vincent Brook, guest editors
- part 1. Histories
- 1. Still an empire of their own : how Jews remain atop a reinvented Hollywood / Vincent Brook
- 2. The Ben Urwand controversy : exploring the Hollywood-Hitler relationship / Lawrence Baron and Joel Rosenberg, with a Coda by Vincent Brook
- part 2. Case studies
- 3. Dirty Jews : Amy Schumer and other vulgar Jewesses / Shaina Hammerman
- 4. "The woman thing and the Jew thing" : transsexuality, transcomedy, and the legacy of subversive Jewishness in transparent / Joshua Louis Moss
- 5. Eastern-European fatalism in Minnesota : the mournful destinies of A serious man / Howard A. Rodman
- 6. "If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman / Jeffrey Shandler
- part 3. Up-close and personal
- 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room / David Isaacs
- 8. The faemmle business : Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, and the moviegoing experience--an interview with Bob and Greg Laemmle / Ross Melnick
- 9. An outsider's view of sixties America : Matthew Weiner talks with Michael Renov about the Jews of Mad men / Michael Renov.