From shtetl to stardom : Jews and Hollywood

From shtetl to stardom : Jews and Hollywood /

The influence of Jews in American entertainment from the early days of Hollywood to the present has proved an endlessly fascinating and controversial topic, for Jews and non-Jews alike. From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood takes an exciting and innovative approach to this rich and complex mate...

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Other Authors: Ansell, Lisa (Editor), Brook, Vincent, 1946- (Editor), Renov, Michael, 1950- (Editor), Ross, Steven Joseph (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2017]
Series:Jewish role in American life ; v. 14.
Subjects:
Jews in the motion picture industry > United States.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History.
Television broadcasting > California > Los Angeles > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Jews on television
Civilization > Jewish influences
Jews in the motion picture industry
Motion picture industry
Television broadcasting
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Jewish influences.
California > Los Angeles
California > Los Angeles > Hollywood
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Editorial introduction / Michael Renov and Vincent Brook, guest editors
  • part 1. Histories
  • 1. Still an empire of their own : how Jews remain atop a reinvented Hollywood / Vincent Brook
  • 2. The Ben Urwand controversy : exploring the Hollywood-Hitler relationship / Lawrence Baron and Joel Rosenberg, with a Coda by Vincent Brook
  • part 2. Case studies
  • 3. Dirty Jews : Amy Schumer and other vulgar Jewesses / Shaina Hammerman
  • 4. "The woman thing and the Jew thing" : transsexuality, transcomedy, and the legacy of subversive Jewishness in transparent / Joshua Louis Moss
  • 5. Eastern-European fatalism in Minnesota : the mournful destinies of A serious man / Howard A. Rodman
  • 6. "If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman / Jeffrey Shandler
  • part 3. Up-close and personal
  • 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room / David Isaacs
  • 8. The faemmle business : Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, and the moviegoing experience
  • an interview with Bob and Greg Laemmle / Ross Melnick
  • 9. An outsider's view of sixties America : Matthew Weiner talks with Michael Renov about the Jews of Mad men / Michael Renov.

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