Wright, Melanie
(2009). Judaism.
In: Lyden, John ed.
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film.
London, UK: Routledge, pp. 91–108.
Abstract
This chapter offers a critical overview of issues relating to the representation of Judaism in the cinema. Beginning with a discussion of Joan Micklin Silver's 1975 film, Hester Street, it considers Judaism in silent film; Judaism and Jewish-Christian relations in post Shoah cinema; Israeli films depicting Judaism; Screen images of Hasidic Judaism, and Judaism and postmodernism in the cinema.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| ISBN: |
0-415-44853-0, 978-0-415-44853-6 |
| Keywords: |
Religion and Film -- Judaism, screen depictions of -- Judaism, cultural studies approaches |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Religious Studies |
| Item ID: |
15888 |
| Depositing User: |
Melanie Wright
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| Date Deposited: |
01 May 2009 08:23 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:36 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/15888 |
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