Nostalgia in Jewish-American theatre and film, 1979-2004 / Ben Furnish. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furnish, Ben, 1961-

Series:

Twentieth century American Jewish writers ; v. 11

Twentieth-Century American Jewish writers Nostalgia in Jewish-American theatre and film, 1979-2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish theater--United States--History--20th century.

Jewish theater.

Jews in motion pictures.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p. )

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Numerous plays and films of this time use nostalgia to engage Jewish, including Yiddish, cultural themes and images. Nostalgia offers audiences a window through which to examine past and current social changes. These include American Jews departure from Europe to America, the city for the suburbs, Yiddish for English, as well as the civil rights, women's, peace, and gay and lesbian movements, and other transformations. These performances illustrate how theatre and film transmit culture from generation to generation and between one ethnic community and the wider American scene."--Jacket.

Contents:

Nostalgia, theatre and film, and Jewish culture in America

The American Yiddish stage: key approaches to time, memory, and nostalgia

Nostalgia of place: exile, and diaspora

The nostalgia of time, part I: History, social change, and the perpetual present

The nostalgia of time, part II: Coming of age and intimations of mortality

Nostalgia of family.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8204-6197-0