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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463681903321

Autore

Goldman Eric A

Titolo

The American Jewish story through cinema [[electronic resource] /] / by Eric A. Goldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013

ISBN

0-292-74431-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

The Jewish history, life, and culture series

Disciplina

791.43/6552

Soggetti

Jews in motion pictures

Jews in the motion picture industry - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: a century of American Jewish life -- The jazz singer: out of the Jewish ghetto (the 1920's) -- Gentleman's agreement and Crossfire: films that took on anti-Semitism in 1947 (the 1940's) -- The young lions: guaranteeing acceptance (the 1950's) -- The way we were and The prince of tides: Barbra Streisand and the evolving American Jewish woman (the 1970's and 1980's) -- Avalon and Liberty heights: the spirit of family--remembering better (the 1990's) -- Everything is illuminated: a new direction in film-- Searching for a usable past (the twenty-first century).