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Author:

Lebow, Alisa.

Title:

First person Jewish / Alisa S. Lebow.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxxiii, 203 p. : ill., photographs ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Jews in motion pictures.
Jewish motion picture producers and directors.
Documentary films--History and criticism.
Autobiography.
Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193), filmography (p. 195-197), and index.

Contents:

Memory Once Removed: indirect memory and transitive autobiography in Chantal Akerman's D'Est -- Reframing the Jewish family -- A treyf autocritique of autobiography -- Ambivalence and ambiguity in queer Jewish subjectivity -- Conclusion: a limit case for Jewish autoethnography.

Summary:

Examining more than a dozen films from Jewish artists, this book reveals how the postmodern impulse to turn the lens inward intersects provocatively with historical tropes and stereotypes of the Jew. It focuses on Jewish filmmakers working on the margins and examines the work of Jonathan Caouette, Chantal Akerman and many more.

Series:

Visible evidence ; v. 22.

ISBN:

0816643555 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816643554 (pb : alk. paper)
0816643547 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816643547 (hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191760095

LCCN:

2008005308

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)