Theatrical Liberalism : Jews and Popular Entertainment in America

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""Makes new sense of aspects of popular culture we have all grown up with and thought we knew only too well. Most bridges religious studies and theater, political theory and American studies, high criticism and middlebrow performance. Her book will help us see better how Jews and their Jew...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Most, Andrea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater.
Musicals.
Jews in the performing arts.
Jews in popular culture.
Jewish entertainers.
Juifs dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Artistes du spectacle juifs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Juifs dans les arts du spectacle > États-Unis > Histoire.
Juifs dans les arts du spectacle > Histoire.
Musicals > New York (State) > New York > History.
Theater > New York (State) > New York > History.
Jews in popular culture > United States.
Jewish entertainers > United States > History.
Jews in the performing arts > United States > History.
Jews in the performing arts > History.
United States.
New York (State) > New York > Broadway.
New York (State) > New York.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Setting the Stage; 1. Jews, Theatricality, and Modernity; 2. The Birth of Theatrical Liberalism; 3. Theatrical Liberalism under Attack; 4. The Theatricality of Everyday Life; 5. Theatricality and Idolatry; 6. I Am a Theater; Curtain Call; Notes; Credits; Index; About the Author.

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