American Jewish Films: The Search for Identity - Softcover

Epstein, Lawrence J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786469625 ISBN 13: 9780786469628

Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc, 2013

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Book by Lawrence J Epstein

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"an outstanding achievement about a very significant area of cinema and of American culture"--Examiner.com.

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This is a chronological survey of American films with significant Jewish content that made an important statement about America. Both familiar and lesser known films are included. An introduction discusses why American Jews were attracted to films as audiences, performers and business people, and evaluates how films help audiences think about their lives. The book starts with the first Jewish silent films and continues by historical era, focusing on representative and important films and placing them in their cultural contexts. One of the aspects of American Jewish life brought out by the films in general is the tensions between an American and a Jewish identity and between a Jewish identity and a broader human identity. Other themes are assimilation and acculturation, interfaith relations, Israel, marriage and family relations, the role of women, Jews and American politics, and anti-Semitism including the Holocaust.

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• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0786469625
• ISBN 13: 9780786469628
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224