Jewish identities in German popular entertainment, 1890-1933 / Marline Otte.

By:

Otte, Marline

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781107321991
1107321999
9780511550782
0511550782
1139810421
9781139810425
1107166357
9781107166356
1107317568
9781107317567
1107318459
9781107318458
1299399673
9781299399679

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish identities in German popular entertainment, 1890-1933.DDC classification:

791/.089/924043 22

LOC classification:

PN3035 .O88 2006eb

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Contents:

"Ponim et circenses" : Jewish identities in circus entertainment, 1870-1933 -- Comic relief : Jewish identities in jargon theater, 1890 to the 1920s -- The loneliness of the limelight : Jewish identities in revue theater, 1898-1933.

Summary: "At the turn of the twentieth century, German popular entertainment was a realm of unprecedented opportunity for Jewish performers. This study explores the terms of their engagement and pays homage to the many ways in which German Jews were instrumental in the birth of an incomparably rich world of popular culture. It traces the kaleidoscope of challenges, opportunities, and paradoxes Jewish men and women faced in their interactions with predominantly Gentile audiences. Modern Germany was a society riddled by conflicts and contradictory impulses, continuously torn between desires to reject, control, or celebrate individual and collective difference. Otte's book demonstrates that an analysis of popular entertainment can be one of the most innovative ways to trace this complicated negotiation throughout a period of great social and political turmoil."--Publisher's description

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index.

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"At the turn of the twentieth century, German popular entertainment was a realm of unprecedented opportunity for Jewish performers. This study explores the terms of their engagement and pays homage to the many ways in which German Jews were instrumental in the birth of an incomparably rich world of popular culture. It traces the kaleidoscope of challenges, opportunities, and paradoxes Jewish men and women faced in their interactions with predominantly Gentile audiences. Modern Germany was a society riddled by conflicts and contradictory impulses, continuously torn between desires to reject, control, or celebrate individual and collective difference. Otte's book demonstrates that an analysis of popular entertainment can be one of the most innovative ways to trace this complicated negotiation throughout a period of great social and political turmoil."--Publisher's description

English.

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