Sex, politics, and comedy : the transnational cinema of Ernst Lubitsch /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McCormick, Richard W., 1951- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
Series:	German Jewish cultures.
Subjects:	Lubitsch, Ernst, > 1892-1947. Lubitsch, Ernst, > 1892-1947 > Criticism and interpretation. Comedy films > History and criticism. Screwball comedy films > History and criticism. Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures) > History and criticism. Jewish motion picture producers and directors > Germany. Jewish motion picture producers and directors > United States. Jewish wit and humor > History > 20th century. Sex in motion pictures > History > 20th century. Politics in motion pictures > History > 20th century. Comedy films. Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures) Jewish motion picture producers and directors. Jewish wit and humor. Politics in motion pictures. Screwball comedy films. Sex in motion pictures. Germany. United States. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. 1900-1999 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : transnational Jewish comedy
I. Berlin : sex, spectacle, and anarchy. 1. From the Jewish "Bad boy" to the "Bad girl" : early comedies, 1914-18 ; 2. Bad girls in the costume epics, 1919-22 ; 3. Bad girls untamed : anarchic/fantastic comedies, 1919-22
II. Hollywood : from European sophistication to antifascist screwball. 4. Sex and sophistication : comedies and operettas, 1923-34 ; 5. Pushing the boundaries in the pre-code Hollywood, 1931-34 ; 6. Screwball politics : American populism and European politics, 1935-41 ; 7. Coming out as Jewish : to be or not to be, 1942
Epilogue: Twilight of a cosmopolitan, 1943-47.