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02633aam a2200349 i 4500 001 3752F678475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 170117s2017 miua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2016042827 020 $a 0472130307 020 $a 9780472130306 035 $a (OCoLC)965761011 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d INU $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN2260 J49 N38 2017 100 1 $a Nathans, Heather S., $e author. 245 10 $a Hideous characters and beautiful pagans : $b performing Jewish identity on the antebellum American stage / $c Heather S. Nathans. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c [2017] 300 $a vii, 282 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "While battling negative stereotypes, American Jews carved out new roles for themselves within the first theatrical entertainments in America. Jewish citizens were active as performers, playwrights, critics, managers, and theatrical shareholders, and often tied their involvement in these endeavors to the patriotic rhetoric of the young republic as they struggled to establish themselves in the new nation. Examining play texts, theatrical reviews, political discourse, and public performances of Jewish rights and rituals, Hideous Characters and Beautiful Pagans argues that Jewish stage types shed light on our understanding of the status of Jewish Americans during a critical historical period. Using an eclectic range of sources including theatrical reviews, diaries, letters, cartoons, portraiture, tax records, rumors flying around the tavern, and more, Heather S. Nathans has listened for the echoes of vanished audiences who witnessed and responded to these stereotypes onstage, from the earliest appearance of Shylock on an American stage in 1752 to Jewish theater artists on the eve of the Civil War. The book integrates social, political, and cultural histories, with an examination of those texts (both dramatic and literary) that shaped the stage Jew"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Jews in the theater $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Jews $z United States $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Theater and society $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Theater $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210030124.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802024215.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3752F678475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search