Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews - by Shaina Hammerman (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Motivated by Woody Allen's brief comedic transformation into a Hasidic Jew in <em>Annie Hall</em>, 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews</em> is an essential inclusion for any course on Jewish film, as its analyses of Hasidic images say as much about cultural Judaism as religious. It is also an important read for any scholar thinking about Jewish cultural productions of the late-twentieth century to the present through the prism of gender.</p>-- "Journal of Jewish Identities"<br><br><p>Shaina Hammerman's <em>Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews</em> makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of scholarly work on Jewish visibility in cinema.</p></p>-- "American Jewish History"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Shaina Hammerman is a cultural historian who teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
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