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Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II
Steven Alan Carr
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Description for Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II
Paperback. Examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry. Series Editor(s): Short, Kenneth; Jowett, Garth; Culbert, David. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSR1; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 487.
This book examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry, from the turn of the century to the outbreak of World War II. Eastern European Jewish immigrants are often credited with building a film industry during the first decade of the twentieth century that they dominated by the 1920s. In this study, Steven Carr reconceptualizes Jewish involvement in Hollywood by examining prevalent attitudes towards Jews among American audiences. Analogous to the Jewish Question of the nineteenth century, which was concerned with the full participation of Jews within public life, the Hollywood Question of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s ... Read more
This book examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry, from the turn of the century to the outbreak of World War II. Eastern European Jewish immigrants are often credited with building a film industry during the first decade of the twentieth century that they dominated by the 1920s. In this study, Steven Carr reconceptualizes Jewish involvement in Hollywood by examining prevalent attitudes towards Jews among American audiences. Analogous to the Jewish Question of the nineteenth century, which was concerned with the full participation of Jews within public life, the Hollywood Question of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521798549
SKU
V9780521798549
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Reviews for Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II
'In its dynamic expansionism and near universal appeal, American popular culture is often theorised, and experienced by the rest of the world, as a destructive, hegemonic force, even as an unstoppable viral infection which bids to wipe out indigenous cultures. Carr's Hollywood and anti-Semitism demonstrates the degree to which the experience was equally true at home. Do the Jews ... Read more