Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture Contributor(s): Abrams, Nathan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0810132834 ISBN-13: 9780810132832 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $98.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Performing Arts | Film - General |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 2016001861 |
Series: Cultural Expressions |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 296 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture is the first collection of its kind on this subject. The volume brings together a range of original essays that address different aspects of the role and presence of Jews and Jewishness in British film and television from the interwar period to the present. It constructs a historical overview of the Jewish contribution to British film and television, which has not always been sufficiently acknowledged. Each chapter presents a case study reflective of the specific Jewish experience as well as its particularly British context, with cultural representations of how Jews responded to events from the 1930s and '40s, including World War II, the Holocaust, and a legacy of antisemitism, through to the new millennium. |