Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story of an Image

Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story of an Image
ISBN-10
0253031702
ISBN-13
9780253031709
Category
Religion
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2018-01-06
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Author
Shaina Hammerman

Description

Motivated by Woody Allen's brief comedic transformation into a Hasidic Jew in Annie Hall, cultural historian Shaina Hammerman examines the effects of real and imagined representations of Hasidic Jews in film, television, theater, and photography. Although these depictions could easily be dismissed as slapstick comedies and sexy dramas about forbidden relationships, Hammerman uses this ethnic imagery to ask meaningful questions about how Jewish identity, multiculturalism, belonging, and relevance are constructed on the stage and silver screen.

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