The “Jew” in Cinema: From The Golem to Don't Touch My Holocaust, Omer Bartov (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005), XV + 374 pp., cloth 65, pbk. 24.95
Omer Bartov surveys how cinematic depictions of Jewish characters deliberately or inadvertently perpetuate Christian, Jewish, and secular stereotypes of the Jew as perpetrator, victim, hero, or anti-hero. He contends that the economic, physical, political, or religious traits commonly ascribed to Je...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 334-336 |
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| Summary: | Omer Bartov surveys how cinematic depictions of Jewish characters deliberately or inadvertently perpetuate Christian, Jewish, and secular stereotypes of the Jew as perpetrator, victim, hero, or anti-hero. He contends that the economic, physical, political, or religious traits commonly ascribed to Jews are so deeply ingrained in Western culture that even directors who attempt to create complex Jewish characters inadvertently idealize or vilify them depending on the stereotypes of Jews audience members already possess. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcm035 |