As studio bosses, directors, and actors, Jews have been heavily
involved in film history and vitally involved in all aspects of
film production. Yet Jewish characters have been represented
onscreen in stereotypical and disturbing ways, while Jews have also
helped to produce some of the most troubling stereotypes of people
of colour in Hollywood film history. In Hollywood's Chosen People:
The Jewish Experience in American Cinema, leading scholars consider
the complex relationship between Jews and the film industry, as
Jews have helped to construct Hollywood's vision of the American
dream and American collective identity and have in turn been shaped
by those representations. Editors Daniel Bernardi, Murray
Pomerance, and Hava Tirosh-Samuelson introduce the volume with an
overview of the history of Jews in American popular culture and the
American film industry. Multidisciplinary contributors go on to
discuss topics such as early Jewish films and directors,
institutionalised anti-Semitism, Jewish identity and gossip
culture, and issues of Jewish performance on film. Contributors
draw on a diverse sampling of films, from representations of the
Holocaust on film to screen comedy; filmmakers and writers,
including David Mamet, George Cukor, Sidney Lumet, Edward Sloman,
and Steven Spielberg; and stars, like Barbara Streisand, Adam
Sandler, and Ben Stiller. The Jewish experience in American cinema
reveals much about the degree to which Jews have been integrated
into and contribute to the making of American popular film culture.
Scholars of Jewish studies, film studies, American history, and
American culture as well as anyone interested in film history will
find this volume fascinating reading. Contributors: Daniel
Bernardi, Vincent Brook, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Lucy Fischer,
Lester D. Friedman, Sumiko Higashi, Sarah Kozloff, Peter Kramer,
Murray Pomerance, Catherine Portuges, William Rothman, Vivian
Sobchack, David Sterritt, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
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