The Jews of prime time / David Zurawik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zurawik, David.

Series:

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews on television.

Physical Description:

xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Jews of primetime

Place of Publication:

Hanover, NH : Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England, [2003]

Summary:

An examination of Jewish television characters from the last fifty years, along with a backstage look at the Jewish insiders who created the strange history of Jewish identity in prime time television

Contents:

Introduction : on being "too Jewish" in "this weird loop"

Learning to be "more American" : the Goldbergs

"Write Yiddish, cast British" : from Dick van Dyke to Mrs. G

Prime-time intermarriage I : Bridget loves Bernie

The dramas : thirtysomething and Northern exposure

Intermarriage II (Shiksa goddesses transforming Jewish guys) : Anything but love, Flying blind, Mad about you, Brooklyn Bridge, and more

Intermarriage III (some Jewish women get Gentile guys) : Rhoda, The nanny, Dharma & Greg, Friends, Will & Grace

A "too-Jewish"/not-Jewish-enough Jew for the '90s : Seinfeld

Looping back, breaking ground, and calculating loss : Centre Street, The education of Max Bickford, State of grace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-262) and index.

ISBN:

1584652349

OCLC:

51222186