1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790567703321

Autore

Friedman Jonathan C. <1966->

Titolo

Rainbow Jews : Jewish and gay identity in the performing arts / / Jonathan C. Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-7391-1447-6

0-7391-5990-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

791.089/924073

Soggetti

Gay people in the performing arts - United States

Gay people in the performing arts - Israel

Jews in the performing arts - United States

Jews in the performing arts - Israel

Homosexuality in motion pictures

Jewish drama - 20th century - History and criticism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Homophobia and Tolerance in Judaism; Chapter 2 Jews, Homosexuality, and the Performing Artsin the United States: Sensibilities and Tensions,1890-1969; Chapter 3 Gay Jewish Voices ""Come Out"": Plays and Films,1969-1982; Chapter 4 Kaddish: AIDS, Jews, and the Performing Arts; Chapter 5 The ""Great Work"" Continues: Gay Jewish Representations in American Film and Theater,1990 to the Present; Chapter 6 A Minority within Several Minorities:Jewish ..Lesbian Films and Plays

Chapter 7 Queer in the Holy Land: Gay and LesbianCinema in IsraelConclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Rainbow Jews looks at the intersection of gay and Jewish identity in American and Israeli film and theater from the 1960s to the present. Through a close reading of the texts of numerous American and Israeli plays and films, Friedman evaluates some of the key conventions that have been employed to construct, critique, and reflect the connection



between Jewishness and gay identity in the United States and Israel. Friedman also explores ways in which gay-Jewish playwrights and filmmakers have progressed the reevaluation of sexual norms within Judaism over the past three decades, inspiring and in