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American Studies

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Hideous Characters and Beautiful Pagans

Performing Jewish Identity on the Antebellum American Stage

By Heather Nathans
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Jewish Studies, American Studies

Shows how the earliest representations of Jewish characters on American stages mirrored treatment of Jewish Americans outside the playhouse

Stone Tower

The Political Theater of Arthur Miller

By Jeffrey D. Mason
Subjects: Theater and Performance, American Studies, Literary Studies, American Literature, Jewish Studies

A revealing look at Arthur Miller's political sensibilities as evidenced in his dramatic works and other writings

American Jewish Identity Politics

By Deborah Dash Moore
Subjects: American Studies, Jewish Studies, Religion, Political Science, Gender Studies, Women's Studies

Explores changes among American Jews in their self-understanding during the last half of the twentieth century

Stories as Equipment for Living

Last Talks and Tales of Barbara Myerhoff

Edited by Marc Kaminsky, Deena Metzger, and Mark Weiss
Introduction by Thomas R. Cole
By Barbara Myerhoff
Foreword by Jack Kugelmass
Subjects: Anthropology, American Studies, Health & Medicine, Sociology, Jewish Studies

Takes us deeper into Barbara Myerhoff's examination of the place of narrative in human life, providing a treasury of reflection, experience, and wisdom as colorful as any collection of tales

Acting Jewish

Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen

By Henry Carl Bial
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Media Studies, T.V. & Radio, Jewish Studies, American Studies

Examines how notions of Jewishness have been conveyed in a range of television, stage, and film productions since the end of World War II

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