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OverviewThis book investigates a Jewish orientation to film culture in interwar Britain. It explores how pleasure, politics and communal solidarity intermingled in the cinemas of Jewish neighbourhoods, and how film was seen as a vessel through which Jewish communal concerns might be carried to a wider public. Addressing an array of related topics, this volume examines the lived expressive cultures of cinemas in Jewish areas and the ethnically specific films consumed within these sites; the reception of film stars as representations of a Jewish social body; and how an antisemitic canard that understood the cinema as a Jewish monopoly complicated its use as a base for anti-fascist activity. In shedding light on an unexplored aspect of British film reception and exhibition, Toffell provides a unique insight into the making of the modern city by migrant communities. The title will be of use to anyone interested in Britain’s interwar leisure landscape, the Jewish presence in modernity, anda cinema studies sensitised to the everyday experience of audiences. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gil ToffellPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2018 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781137569301ISBN 10: 1137569301 Pages: 227 Publication Date: 14 November 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. The Spaces and Places of Jewish Cinema Culture.- 3. Films of Jewish Interest.- 4. The Public Lives of Jewish Stars.- 5. The Jews Behind the Camera.- 6. Jewish Defence.- 7. Epilogue – The Decline of a Jewish Cinema Culture.ReviewsHis book will indeed be of use to 'anyone interested in the interwar leisure landscape, the Jewish presence in modernity, and a cinema studies sensitised to the everyday experience of audiences' (blurb). (European Journal of Communication, Vol. 34 (1), 2019) Author InformationGil Toffell is an academic researcher currently working on the Oxford Leverhulme Diasporas Programme. He was previously Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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