From Shtetl to Stardom : Jews and Hollywood

Renov, Michael (author.). Brook, Vincent, (author.).

Summary: The outsized influence of Jews in American entertainment from the early days of Hollywood to the present has proved an endlessly fascinating and controversial topic, for Jews and non-Jews alike. From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood takes an exciting and innovative approach to this rich and complex material. Exploring the subject from a scholarly perspective as well as up close and personal, the book combines historical and theoretical analysis by leading academics in the field with inside information from prominent entertainment professionals. Essays range from Vincent Brook?s survey of the stubbornly persistent canard of Jewish industry ?control? to Lawrence Baron and Joel Rosenberg?s panel presentations on the recent brouhaha over Ben Urwand?s book alleging collaboration between Hollywood and Hitler. Case studies by Howard Rodman and Joshua Louis Moss examine a key Coen brothers' film A Serious Man (Rodman) and Jill Soloway?s groundbreaking television series Transparent (Moss).

Record details

ISBN: 1557537631 (print-ISBN)
ISBN: 9781557537638 (print-ISBN)
ISBN: 1612494781 (e-ISBN)
ISBN: 9781612494784 (e-ISBN)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 190 pages) : illustrations, charts, figures, tables.
remote
Computer data.
electronic
Publisher: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2016.
Distributor: Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched, c2016.
Copyright: ©2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.18 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword -- Editorial introduction / Michael Renov and Vincent Brook, guest editors -- part 1. Histories -- 1. Still an empire of their own : how Jews remain atop a reinvented Hollywood / Vincent Brook -- 2. The Ben Urwand controversy : exploring the Hollywood-Hitler relationship / Lawrence Baron and Joel Rosenberg, with a Coda by Vincent Brook -- part 2. Case studies -- 3. Dirty Jews : Amy Schumer and other vulgar Jewesses / Shaina Hammerman -- 4. "The woman thing and the Jew thing" : transsexuality, transcomedy, and the legacy of subversive Jewishness in transparent / Joshua Louis Moss -- 5. Eastern-European fatalism in Minnesota : the mournful destinies of A serious man / Howard A. Rodman -- 6. "If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman / Jeffrey Shandler -- part 3. Up-close and personal -- 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room / David Isaacs -- 8. The faemmle business : Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, and the moviegoing experience -- an interview with Bob and Greg Laemmle / Ross Melnick -- 9. An outsider's view of sixties America : Matthew Weiner talks with Michael Renov about the Jews of Mad men / Michael Renov.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also issued in print and PDF version.
Funding Information Note:	Knowledge Unlatched 100678 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Language Note:	In English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.