Drawing the Iron Curtain : Jews and the golden age of Soviet animation / Maya Balakirsky Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Maya Balakirsky, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kino-studii︠a︡ "Soi︠u︡zmulʹtfilʹm" (Soviet Union)--History.

Kino-studii︠a︡ "Soi︠u︡zmulʹtfilʹm" (Soviet Union).

Kino-studii͡a "Soi͡uzmulʹtfilʹm" (Soviet Union).

Animated films--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Animated films.

Animation (Cinematography)--Soviet Union--History.

Animation (Cinematography).

Jews in the motion picture industry--Soviet Union.

Jews in the motion picture industry.

History.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

xi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Introduction: Puppeteering a self in the Soviet Union

Behind the scenes: Jews and the studio system, 1919-1989

Black and white: race in Soviet animation

The Brumberg sisters: the fairy grandmothers of Soviet animation

Big city Jews: setting and censoring the modern fairytale

Tropical Russian bears: Cheburashka's Jewish roots

The pioneer's violin: animating the Soviet holocaust

Cartoon cosmopolitans: drawing Jews into Soviet culture

Tale of tales: the rise of the Jewish auteur director

Conclusion: Tell-tale signs and Soviet Jewish animation

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

9780813577012

0813577012

9780813576626

0813576628

OCLC:

913514384