Jews in contemporary visual entertainment : raced, sexed, and erased / Carol Siegel.
What are the consequences of how Jews are depicted in movies and television series? Drawing on a host of movies and television series from the 1970s to present day, Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment explores how the media sexualize and racialize American Jews. Race and sexuality frequently i...
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[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Jewish Racialization Matters
- 1. Sexual Perversity and the Jewish Therapist Figure: A Case Study of Nymphomaniac and A Dangerous Method
- 2. Imaginary Histories of Americanized Jews in Love 53
- 3. Sex and Revenge, Rage and Bliss
- 4. Jews, Sex Crimes, and Holocaust Erasure on Film
- 5. Two Funerals and a Wedding: Not So Nice Jewish Girls in Transparent and Broad City
- 6. Monstrous Jewish Sexualities and Minoritarian Cinema
- 7. Our Erasure Is Being Televised
- Conclusion: The Erasure of Jewish Identities and Their Reinvention
- Filmography