Physical Description
vii, 284 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Nathan Abrams
"Awaiting, with some anxiety" : the Jewish response to Jew Suss (1934) in 1930s Britain / Gil Toffell
An anti-Nazi special relationship : British writing, Hollywood filmmaking, and The mortal storm (1940) / Phyllis Lassner and Alexis Pogorelskin
Mr. Emmanuel (1944) : a belated British film about Nazi antisemitism / Lawrence Baron
Jewish questions lurking in Peeping Tom (1960) / Michael Berkowitz
"You don't cure a problem by sweeping it under the carpet" : Jews, sitcoms, and race relations in 1960s Britain / Gavin Schaffer
From the evacuees to Grandma's house : class, sexuality, and Jewish identity on British television, 1975-2012 / Rachel Garfield
Peckhlach : Mike Leigh's British Jewish soul / Donald Weber
From pig farmer to infidel : hidden identities, diasporic infertility, and transethnic kinship in contemporary British Jewish cinema / Claudia Sternberg
On the threshold : British Jewish femininity in Suzie Gold (2004) / Michele Byers
Christmas trees and Hanukkah bushes : the "emancipation contract" in the contemporary British television dramas Hebburn and Friday night dinner / Sue Vice
Love and betrayal : politicized romance in Peter Kosminsky's The promise (2011) / Nir Cohen.
Other Authors/Editors
Abrams, Nathan, editor.
ISBN
9780810132825
0810132826
9780810132832
0810132834
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Nathan Abrams -- "Awaiting, with some anxiety" : the Jewish response to Jew Suss (1934) in 1930s Britain / Gil Toffell -- An anti-Nazi special relationship : British writing, Hollywood filmmaking, and The mortal storm (1940) / Phyllis Lassner and Alexis Pogorelskin -- Mr. Emmanuel (1944) : a belated British film about Nazi antisemitism / Lawrence Baron -- Jewish questions lurking in Peeping Tom (1960) / Michael Berkowitz -- "You don't cure a problem by sweeping it under the carpet" : Jews, sitcoms, and race relations in 1960s Britain / Gavin Schaffer -- From the evacuees to Grandma's house : class, sexuality, and Jewish identity on British television, 1975-2012 / Rachel Garfield -- Peckhlach : Mike Leigh's British Jewish soul / Donald Weber -- From pig farmer to infidel : hidden identities, diasporic infertility, and transethnic kinship in contemporary British Jewish cinema / Claudia Sternberg -- On the threshold : British Jewish femininity in Suzie Gold (2004) / Michele Byers -- Christmas trees and Hanukkah bushes : the "emancipation contract" in the contemporary British television dramas Hebburn and Friday night dinner / Sue Vice -- Love and betrayal : politicized romance in Peter Kosminsky's The promise (2011) / Nir Cohen.
