From shtetl to stardom : Jews and Hollywood

From shtetl to stardom Jews and Hollywood

The influence of Jews in American entertainment from the early days of Hollywood to the present has proved an endlessly fascinating and controversial topic, for Jews and non-Jews alike. From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood takes an exciting and innovative approach to this rich and complex mate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life, issuing body (issuing body)
Otros Autores: Ansell, Lisa, editor (editor), Brook, Vincent, 1946- editor, Renov, Michael, 1950- editor, Ross, Steven Joseph, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: USA Purdue University Press 2016
Baltimore, Maryland : 2016
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Jewish role in American life ; v. 14.
Materias:
Television broadcasting > California > Los Angeles > History.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History.
Jews in television broadcasting > United States.
Jews in the motion picture industry > United States.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History.
United States > Civilization > Jewish influences.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425215906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Editorial introduction / Michael Renov and Vincent Brook, guest editors
  • part 1. Histories
  • 1. Still an empire of their own : how Jews remain atop a reinvented Hollywood / Vincent Brook
  • 2. The Ben Urwand controversy : exploring the Hollywood-Hitler relationship / Lawrence Baron and Joel Rosenberg, with a Coda by Vincent Brook
  • part 2. Case studies
  • 3. Dirty Jews : Amy Schumer and other vulgar Jewesses / Shaina Hammerman
  • 4. "The woman thing and the Jew thing" : transsexuality, transcomedy, and the legacy of subversive Jewishness in transparent / Joshua Louis Moss
  • 5. Eastern-European fatalism in Minnesota : the mournful destinies of A serious man / Howard A. Rodman
  • 6. "If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman / Jeffrey Shandler
  • part 3. Up-close and personal
  • 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room / David Isaacs
  • 8. The faemmle business : Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, and the moviegoing experience--an interview with Bob and Greg Laemmle / Ross Melnick
  • 9. An outsider's view of sixties America : Matthew Weiner talks with Michael Renov about the Jews of Mad men / Michael Renov.

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