Nostalgia in Jewish-American theatre and film, 1979-2004 /
"Numerous plays and films of this time use nostalgia to engage Jewish, including Yiddish, cultural themes and images. Nostalgia offers audiences a window through which to examine past and current social changes. These include American Jews departure from Europe to America, the city for the subu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
P. Lang,
©2005.
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| Series: | Twentieth century American Jewish writers ;
vol. 11. |
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| Summary: | "Numerous plays and films of this time use nostalgia to engage Jewish, including Yiddish, cultural themes and images. Nostalgia offers audiences a window through which to examine past and current social changes. These include American Jews departure from Europe to America, the city for the suburbs, Yiddish for English, as well as the civil rights, women's, peace, and gay and lesbian movements, and other transformations. These performances illustrate how theatre and film transmit culture from generation to generation and between one ethnic community and the wider American scene."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 188 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0820461970 9780820461977 1930907281 9781930907287 |