Hollywood and Anti-Semitism Paperback: A Cultural History up to World War II (Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication) - Softcover

Carr, Steven Alan

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ISBN 10: 052179854X ISBN 13: 9780521798549

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry. Steven Carr reconceptualizes Jewish involvement in Hollywood by examining prevalent attitudes towards Jews among American audiences, revealing a powerful set of assumptions concerning ethnicity and the influence of the media.

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'In its dynamic expansionism and near universal appeal, American popular culture is often theorised, and experienced by the rest of the world, as a destructive, hegemonic force, even as an unstoppable viral infection which bids to wipe out indigenous cultures. Carr's Hollywood and anti-Semitism demonstrates the degree to which the experience was equally true at home. Do the Jews 'control' Hollywood? How convenient to project this quintessentially American force as the province of alien interlopers.' London Review of Books

'Steven Carr's book is an important contribution to the history of the motion picture industry and to our knowledge about ethic stereotyping in public discourses ... Steven Carr shifts the terms of the debate from morality to history, from evil to discourse and the results are most impressive.' Archiv für Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen

'... Carr's book offers an important and erudite study of anti-semitism and its continuing role in the history of the Hollywood industry.' Michael Hammond, Journal of Jewish Studies

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 052179854X
• ISBN 13: 9780521798549
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 360