03437nam 2200685 450 991082171400332120231213131718.00-7391-1447-60-7391-5990-9(CKB)2550000001112005(EBL)1354873(OCoLC)862820666(SSID)ssj0000984944(PQKBManifestationID)12396240(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000984944(PQKBWorkID)11016117(PQKB)11601437(MiAaPQ)EBC1354873(Au-PeEL)EBL1354873(CaPaEBR)ebr10921087(CaONFJC)MIL511890(EXLCZ)99255000000111200520140902h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRainbow Jews Jewish and gay identity in the performing arts /Jonathan C. FriedmanLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2007.©20071 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-1448-4 1-299-80639-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 PlaysChapter 7 Queer in the Holy Land: Gay and LesbianCinema in IsraelConclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorRainbow 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 inGay people in the performing artsUnited StatesGay people in the performing artsIsraelJews in the performing artsUnited StatesJews in the performing artsIsraelHomosexuality in motion picturesJewish drama20th centuryHistory and criticismGay people in the performing artsGay people in the performing artsJews in the performing artsJews in the performing artsHomosexuality in motion pictures.Jewish dramaHistory and criticism.791.089/924073Friedman Jonathan C.1966-1634976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821714003321Rainbow Jews3975475UNINA