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"Motivated by Woody Allen's brief comedic transformation into a Hasidic Jew in Annie Hall, cultural historian Shaina Hammerman examines the effects of real and imagined representations of Hasidic Jews in film, television, theater, and photography. Although these depictions could easily be...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hammerman, Shaina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Jews in motion pictures.
Hasidism.
Jews in popular culture.
Juifs au cinéma.
Hassidisme.
Juifs dans la culture populaire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: when Jews are like Jews
  • The yarmulke beneath the cowboy hat: signifying Jewishness in the Hasidic Western
  • The Jewish type and "Le Juif Typique": typologies of Jewishness in Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob
  • Hard-core Jews: Woody Allen's religious women and men
  • Cinema judeite: projecting Jewish-Muslim romance
  • What lies beneath the wig: Hester Street and adaptation
  • Epilogue: hijab, habit, and hasid
  • Filmography and bibliography
  • Index.

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