PEAK TV'S UNAPOLOGETIC JEWISH WOMAN exploring jewish female representation in contemporary... television comedy.
This book analyzes how contemporary representations of Jewish women on television challenge stereotypes of Jewish femininity, using a variety of series created by Jewish women to explore how this self-representation and evolving industry practices have come together to establish new, more diverse pa...
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| Language: | English |
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LEXINGTON BOOKS,
2022.
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| Series: | Jewish women in the Americas.
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Table of Contents:
- <P><span>Chapter 1: "The situation's a lot more nuanced than that": Jewish Mothers, JAPs, and the Correlation between Mental Illness and Jewish Female "Craziness" in </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Crazy Ex-Girlfriend</span></p><p><span>Chapter 2: A Modern Jewish Big Mouth in 1950s New York: </span><span style="font-style:italic;">The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel </span><span>as a Contemporary Re-imagining of the Midcentury Jewish Woman</span></p><p><span>Chapter 3: Precarious Broads, Difficult Girls, and Baby Grown-Ups: Defining the Unapologetic Jewess on </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Broad City </span><span>and </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Difficult People</span></p><p><span>Chapter 4: The (New) Dysfunctional Jewish Family: Jewish Mothers and Jewish Family Life on Network, Cable, and Streaming Television</span></p><p></p>