Jewish identities in German popular entertainment, 1890-1933 / Marline Otte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otte, Marline, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish theater--Germany--History.

Jewish theater.

Theater, Yiddish--Germany--History.

Theater, Yiddish.

Jews in the performing arts--Germany--History.

Jews in the performing arts.

Circus--Germany--History.

Circus.

Germany--Ethnic relations--History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the turn of the century, German popular entertainment was a realm of unprecedented opportunity for Jewish performers. This study explores the terms of their engagement and pays homage to the many ways in which German Jews were instrumental in the birth of an incomparably rich world of popular culture. It traces the kaleidoscope of challenges, opportunities and paradoxes Jewish men and women faced in their interactions with predominantly gentile audiences. Modern Germany was a society riddled by conflicts and contradictory impulses, continuously torn between desires to reject, control and celebrate individual and collective difference. This book demonstrates that an analysis of popular entertainment can be one of the most innovative ways to trace this complicated negotiation throughout a period of great social and political turmoil.

Contents:

"Ponim et circenses" : Jewish identities in circus entertainment, 1870-1933

Comic relief : Jewish identities in jargon theater, 1890 to the 1920s

The loneliness of the limelight : Jewish identities in revue theater, 1898-1933.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-81042-1

1-107-16635-7

1-107-31660-X

1-107-32199-9

1-107-31756-8

1-107-31845-9

1-299-39967-3

1-107-31562-X

0-511-55078-2