Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Reviews
"Against the previously standard reading of Weimar film as obsessed with the German nation, Ashkenazi provides an alternative
reading that emphasizes the bourgeois and liberal dreams of these Jewish cultural actors. He argues convincingly that
even in popular genre films with no manifest discussion of Jewishness, filmmakers such Ernst Lubitsch, Joe May, and
Fritz Lang used visual and narrative strategies to engage with the question of the German-Jewish relationship and of
Jewish acculturation and assimilation. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - CHOICE
"Contributing a new perspective on Weimar film is no small feat, considering the formidable array of books on the subject, from classic works by Lotte Eisner and Siegfried Kracauer to more recent studies by Thomas Elsaesser and Anton Kaes. Ashkenazi's book, however, is extremely readable and engaging, and offers analyses of Weimar films often neglected. This, along with his unique focus on the link between processes of Jewish identity formation and cinema, allows Ashkenazi to contribute a fresh perspective to Weimar film scholarship." - German History
"Outstanding . . . Ashkenazi combines a historian's attention to context and archival research with a film studies scholar's attention to cinematic aesthetics to construct a convincing and well-told narrative of the interplay between the Jewish experience on the screens and on the streets of Weimar Germany." - H-Net Reviews
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity
Authors: Ofer Ashkenazi
Series Title: Studies in European Culture and History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137010841
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Ofer Ashkenazi 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-34136-4Published: 27 March 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34419-2Published: 27 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01084-1Published: 14 March 2012
Series ISSN: 2945-6274
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6282
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 234
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Screen Studies, World History, Global and Transnational History, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Jewish Cultural Studies, History of Germany and Central Europe