Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment
eBook - ePub

Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment

Raced, Sexed, and Erased

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment

Raced, Sexed, and Erased

About this book

What are the consequences of how Jews are depicted in movies and television series? Drawing on a host of movies and television series from the 1970s to present day, Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment explores how the media sexualize and racialize American Jews. Race and sexuality frequently intersect in the depiction of Jewish characters in such shows as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, UnREAL, The Expanse, and Breaking Bad, and in films such as Hester Street, Once Upon a Time in America, Casino, Radio Days, Inglourious Basterds, and Barton Fink. When they do, American sexual norms are invariably challenged or outright broken by these anti-Semitic representations of Jewishness.

Insightful and provocative, Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment disturbingly reveals the far-reaching influence of popular visual media in shaping how American Jews are perceived today.

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Information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780253060235
eBook ISBN
9780253060259
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film History & Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Jewish Racialization Matters
  8. 1. Sexual Perversity and the Jewish Therapist Figure: A Case Study of Nymphomaniac and A Dangerous Method
  9. 2. Imaginary Histories of Americanized Jews in Love
  10. 3. Sex and Revenge, Rage and Bliss
  11. 4. Jews, Sex Crimes, and Holocaust Erasure on Film
  12. 5. Two Funerals and a Wedding: Not So Nice Jewish Girls in Transparent and Broad City
  13. 6. Monstrous Jewish Sexualities and Minoritarian Cinema
  14. 7. Our Erasure Is Being Televised
  15. Conclusion: The Erasure of Jewish Identities and Their Reinvention
  16. Filmography
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. About the Author

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