TY  - BOOK
ED  - Hales, Barbara
ED  - Weinstein, Valerie
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021//
TI  - Rethinking Jewishness in Weimar cinema
T3  - Berghanonfilm
PB  - Berghahn
CY  - New York
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - Jews in the motion picture industry
KW  - Jewish motion picture producers and directors
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Jewish influences
AB  - "The burgeoning film industry in the Weimar Republic was, among other things, a major site of German-Jewish experience, one that provided a sphere for Jewish "outsiders" to shape mainstream culture. The chapters collected in this volume deploy new historical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to understanding the significant involvement of German Jews in Weimar cinema. Reflecting upon different conceptions of Jewishness - as religion, ethnicity, social role, cultural code, or text - these studies offer a wide-ranging exploration of an often overlooked aspect of German film history"--
SN  - 9781789208726
LA  - English
N1  - edited by Barbara Hales and Valerie Weinstein
ID  - 1698085702
ER  -