ISBN:
9781612494784
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9781612494791
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9781557537881
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 190 Seiten)
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illustrations, figures, tables
Year of publication:
2017
Series Statement:
Jewish role in American life Volume 14
Series Statement:
The Jewish role in American life
Parallel Title:
Print version From Shtetl to Stardom, Jews and Hollywood
Keywords:
Motion picture industry History
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Television broadcasting History
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Jews in the motion picture industry
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Jews in television broadcasting
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Electronic books
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USA
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Juden
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Filmwirtschaft
Abstract:
The outsized 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 material. Exploring the subject from a scholarly perspective as well as up close and personal, the book combines historical and theoretical analysis by leading academics in the field with inside information from prominent entertainment professionals. Essays range from Vincent Brook’s survey of the stubbornly persistent canard of Jewish industry “control” to Lawrence Baron and Joel Rosenberg’s panel presentations on the recent brouhaha over Ben Urwand’s book alleging collaboration between Hollywood and Hitler. Case studies by Howard Rodman and Joshua Louis Moss examine a key Coen brothers' film A Serious Man (Rodman) and Jill Soloway’s groundbreaking television series Transparent (Moss)
Note:
Foreword -- ; Editorial introduction
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part 1. Histories -- ; 1. Still an empire of their own : how Jews remain atop a reinvented Hollywood
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2. The Ben Urwand controversy : exploring the Hollywood-Hitler relationship
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part 2. Case studies -- ; 3. Dirty Jews : Amy Schumer and other vulgar Jewesses
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4. "The woman thing and the Jew thing" : transsexuality, transcomedy, and the legacy of subversive Jewishness in transparent
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5. Eastern-European fatalism in Minnesota : the mournful destinies of A serious man
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6. "If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman
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part 3. Up-close and personal -- ; 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room
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8. The faemmle business : Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, and the moviegoing experience -- ; an interview with Bob and Greg Laemmle
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9. An outsider's view of sixties America : Matthew Weiner talks with Michael Renov about the Jews of Mad men
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eng
URL:
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