Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews

The Story of an Image

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism
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Author: SHAINA HAMMERMAN ISBN: 9780253031709
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: November 10, 2017
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: SHAINA HAMMERMAN
ISBN: 9780253031709
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: November 10, 2017
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

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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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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