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Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story of an Image

Language
English
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Religion & Spirituality

“A valuable contribution to a growing body of scholarly work on Jewish visibility in cinema.” —American Jewish History

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 dismissed as slapstick comedies and sexy dramas about forbidden relationships, Hammerman uses this ethnic imagery to ask meaningful questions about how Jewish identity, multiculturalism, belonging, and relevance are constructed on the stage and silver screen—questions relevant to any minority in present-day America and Europe.

© 2018 Indiana University Press (Ebook): 9780253031709

Release date

Ebook: 6 January 2018