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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ansell, Lisa (Editor ), Brook, Vincent, 1946- (Editor ), Renov, Michael, 1950- (Editor ), Ross, Steven Joseph (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2017]
Colección:Jewish role in American life ; v. 14.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.