Rainbow Jews : Jewish and gay identity in the performing arts / / Jonathan C. Friedman
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| Autore: |
Friedman Jonathan C. <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Rainbow Jews : Jewish and gay identity in the performing arts / / Jonathan C. Friedman
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.089/924073 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rainbow Jews |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-1447-6 |
| 0-7391-5990-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790567703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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