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OverviewMovie-Made Jews focuses on a rich, usable American Jewish cinematic tradition. This tradition includes fiction and documentary films that make Jews through antisemitism, Holocaust indirection, and discontent with assimilation. It prominently features the unapologetic assertion of Jewishness, queerness, and alliances across race and religion. Author Helene Meyers shows that as we go to our local theater, attend a Jewish film festival, play a DVD, watch streaming videos, Jewishness becomes part of the multicultural mosaic rather than collapsing into a generic whiteness or being represented as a life apart. This engagingly-written book demonstrates that a Jewish movie is neither just a movie nor for Jews only. With incisive analysis, Movie-Made Jews challenges the assumption that American Jewish cinema is a cinema of impoverishment and assimilation. While it’s a truism that Jews make movies, this book brings into focus the diverse ways movies make Jews. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Helene MeyersPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9781978821897ISBN 10: 1978821891 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 17 September 2021 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Introduction: Making Jews Onscreen and Off 2 Looking at Antisemites and Jews Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) School Ties (1992) The Believer (2001) Protocols of Zion (2005) 3 Looking at the Shoah from a Distance The Pawnbroker (1964) Enemies, A Love Story (1989) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Barton Fink (1991) and A Serious Man (2009) 4 Focusing on Assimilation and Its Discontents The Way We Were (1973) Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) Crossing Delancey (1988) Avalon (1990) and Liberty Heights (1999) 5 Assertively Jewish Onscreen Whatever Works (2009) Fading Gigolo (2013) Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish (2010) Keeping Up with the Steins (2006) Wish I Was Here (2014) 6 Queering the Jewish Gaze I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) and Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) and Milk (2008) Treyf (1998) Trembling Before G-d (2001) Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School (2005) 7 Cinematic Alliances Heart of Stone (2009) Crime after Crime (2011) Zebrahead (1992) Arranged (2007) David (2011) 8 Epilogue: Cinematic Continuity and Change through a Feminist Lens 93Queen (2018) RBG (2018) Acknowledgments Filmography Notes Selected Bibliography IndexReviewsBehind this eminently readable survey of American Jewish film is a very smart intervention. Meyers broadens the well-worn examination of Jews in film to include not just Jewish representations or Jews in the production process. She makes a solid case for adding the Jewish audience as part of the equation for what makes Jewish film Jewish.--author of Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to 1941 Steven Carr Jewish Literary Links June 3 round-up-- ErikaDreifus.com Behind this eminently readable survey of American Jewish film is a very smart intervention. Meyers broadens the well-worn examination of Jews in film to include not just Jewish representations or Jews in the production process. She makes a solid case for adding the Jewish audience as part of the equation for what makes Jewish film Jewish. --Steven Carr author of Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to 1941 A significant and lively testament to the vitality of American Jewish cinema and its relationship to Jewish life in America. --David Desser co-author of American Jewish Filmmakers An engaging, lively, and important contribution to Jewish film studies. --Elyce Rae Helford author of What Price Hollywood?: Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor Behind this eminently readable survey of American Jewish film is a very smart intervention. Meyers broadens the well-worn examination of Jews in film to include not just Jewish representations or Jews in the production process. She makes a solid case for adding the Jewish audience as part of the equation for what makes Jewish film Jewish. --Steven Carr author of Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II Jewish Literary Links June 3 round-up-- ErikaDreifus.com A significant and lively testament to the vitality of American Jewish cinema and its relationship to Jewish life in America. --David Desser co-author of American Jewish Filmmakers An engaging, lively, and important contribution to Jewish film studies. --Elyce Rae Helford author of What Price Hollywood?: Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor Meyer's research shows that accurate cultural representation is diverse representation, which challenges stereotypes, while providing viewers insight into Jewish lives or allowing viewers to identify with the Jewish characters they see on their television screens. -- The Phi Beta Kappa Society Well-researched and presents some intriguing ideas for thought and discussion. -- The American Israelite Romeo & Juliet in Yiddish an excerpt of Movie-Made Jews by Helene Meyers-- Lilith New Books: Movie-Made Jews: An American Tradition by Helene Meyers-- Jewish Book World Those with a serious interest in film will definitely want to add this book to their shelves. Other readers may also find themselves intrigued to learn more about their favorite films, or enjoy reading about films with which they are not familiar. -- The Reporter A must-read for any Jewish cinephiles. -- Hey Alma What Makes a Movie Jewish? Alma chats with author and professor Helene Meyers about the profound impact Jewish movies can have on our identities-- Hey Alma Meyers makes the important observation that Jewish film festivals represent and make communities of Jews. -- Jewish Herald-Voice Forthcoming Jewish Books for Fall 2021 -- ErikaDreifus.com Southwestern English Professor Publishes Book on American Jewish Cinematic Tradition: McManis University Chair Helene Meyers is the author of Movie-Made Jews -- Southwestern.edu Behind this eminently readable survey of American Jewish film is a very smart intervention. Meyers broadens the well-worn examination of Jews in film to include not just Jewish representations or Jews in the production process. She makes a solid case for adding the Jewish audience as part of the equation for what makes Jewish film Jewish. --Steven Carr author of Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II Jewish Literary Links June 3 round-up-- ErikaDreifus.com A significant and lively testament to the vitality of American Jewish cinema and its relationship to Jewish life in America. --David Desser co-author of American Jewish Filmmakers An engaging, lively, and important contribution to Jewish film studies. --Elyce Rae Helford author of What Price Hollywood?: Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor Behind this eminently readable survey of American Jewish film is a very smart intervention. Meyers broadens the well-worn examination of Jews in film to include not just Jewish representations or Jews in the production process. She makes a solid case for adding the Jewish audience as part of the equation for what makes Jewish film Jewish. --Steven Carr author of Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to 1941 A significant and lively testament to the vitality of American Jewish cinema and its relationship to Jewish life in America. --David Desser co-author of American Jewish Filmmakers An engaging, lively, and important contribution to Jewish film studies. --Elyce Rae Helford author of What Price Hollywood?: Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor Author InformationHELENE MEYERS is professor of English and McManis University Chair at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She is the author of Femicidal Fears: Narratives of the Female Gothic Experience, Reading Michael Chabon, and Identity Papers: Contemporary Narratives of American Jewishness. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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