Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture is the first collection of its kind on this subject. The volume brings together a range of original essays that address different aspects of the role and presence of Jews and Jewishness in British film and television from the interwar period to the present. It constructs a historical overview of the Jewish contribution to British film and television, which has not always been sufficiently acknowledged. Each chapter presents a case study reflective of the specific Jewish experience as well as its particularly British context, with cultural representations of how Jews responded to events from the 1930s and '40s, including World War II, the Holocaust, and a legacy of antisemitism, through to the new millennium.
Keywords
- Jews, Jewishness, Popular Culture, Britain, Cinema, Film, Television, World War II, Holocaust, antisemitism, United Kingdom, Media
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Evanston, Illinois |
Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
Number of pages | 284 |
ISBN (print) | 9780810132825 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Cultural Expressions of World War II |
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Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
Research outputs (1)
- Published
Introduction
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prof. activities and awards (3)
Treyf Jews?: Jewish Gangsters in McMafia and Peaky Blinders
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
A history of entertaining our nation on screen
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
Contemporary British-Jewish Theatre Symposium
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course