Hollywood and anti-semitism : a cultural history up to World War II /
"Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II examines how the public perceived American Jews in the entertainment industry from the turn of the century to the outbreak of World War II. Eastern European Jewish immigrants are often credited with building a film industry dur...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in the history of mass communications
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| Summary: | "Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II examines how the public perceived American Jews in the entertainment industry from the turn of the century to the outbreak of World War II. Eastern European Jewish immigrants are often credited with building a film industry during the first decade of the twentieth century and dominating it by the 1920s. In this study, Steven Carr reconceptualizes Jewish participation in Hollywood by examining prevalent attitudes toward Jews among American audiences. Analogous to the Jewish Question of the nineteenth century, which was concerned with the full participation of Jews within the sphere of public life, the Hollywood Question of the twenties, thirties, and forties addressed the Jewish population within mass media. This study reveals the powerful set of assumptions about ethnicity and media influence as it related to the role of the Jew in the motion picture industry."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Texas at Austin, 1994) presented under the title The Hollywood question. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521571189 9780521571180 052179854X 9780521798549 |
| Access: | Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users. |