Silver screen, Hasidic Jews : the story of an image /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hammerman, Shaina (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Jews in motion pictures. Hasidism. Jews in popular culture. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: when Jews are like Jews
The yarmulke beneath the cowboy hat: signifying Jewishness in the Hasidic Western
The Jewish type and "Le Juif Typique": typologies of Jewishness in Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob
Hard-core Jews: Woody Allen's religious women and men
Cinema judeite: projecting Jewish-Muslim romance
What lies beneath the wig: Hester Street and adaptation
Epilogue: hijab, habit, and hasid
Filmography and bibliography
Index.